this country is so fucking cool

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    9 months ago

    Aside from it being creepy as hell to do that with your son (who probably didn’t have a say in the matter) this is a massive national security risk. Spyware on a Congress member’s phone? Not a great idea.

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      9 months ago

      I’m imagining they have government issued phones and private phones. The government issued one for sure wouldn’t be allowed to have that shit on it.

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        9 months ago

        That sounds reasonable and so it’s probably not even remotely close to what actually happens.

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          The craziest thing about the Hillary Clinton private email server was not that she had it, but that her predecessors also used private email for government stuff as Secretary of State. Not a one-off, but the norm. Absolutely nuts.

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        9 months ago

        Can you imagine that IT request?

        “In having trouble installing this app on my phone. It’s so my phone can be remotely monitored to make sure I’m not looking at porn.”

        “Could you just not try to look at porn on that phone?”

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          “Sir, you have a federal government IT department. Which federal agency do you want to tell your family if you watch porn? Don’t worry they already monitor your personal devices too.”

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        9 months ago

        Do you think Congress has the digital literacy and self discipline to keep separate phones and actually keep business separate between them?

        Wasn’t it just recently that a congressman was found hoarding gold bars? What phone do you think he negotiated those from?