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| The U.S. President is blocked from using an iPhone because it hasn't been certified as secure enough for White House use. Photo: Jason Reed/Reuters |
theguardian.com, 5 December 2013
The first US president to use email is banned from having an iPhone - forced instead to use a Blackberry limited to 10 people
Despite being the most powerful man in the world, President Barack Obama is not allowed to use an iPhone because his security advisers have claimed it is not secure enough.
“I am not allowed, for security reasons, to have an iPhone,” Obama quipped during a pitch for his healthcare law at the White House, intimating that he was forced to be behind the curve in technology adoption.
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