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President Trump Now Uses An Apple iPhone
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Posted on 03/29/2017 8:38:53 AM PDT by House Atreides
This evening, however, Dan Scavino Jr, director of social media and senior advisor to President Trump, revealed that the president has been using his “new iPhone for the past couple of weeks.” Scavino also confirmed that yes, it’s still President Trump himself behind most of those tweets.
A piece from The New York Times earlier this year highlighted the problems associated with Trump using an insecure and outdated Android device. The report explained that many of Trump’s advisors and aides, not to mention the Secret Service, had issue with the president using the “old, unsecured Android phone.”
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“it’s still President Trump himself behind most of those tweets.”
Most but not all?
Gee, now I have two things in common with President Trump, wanting to save the Republic and using an iPhone.
Don’t use it...it’s a spy box.
But, that's the last thing I would use for secure phone calls or anything like that... which he surely realizes anyway. Probably no phone is safe for talking securely, but if he's making confidential calls there are better options like The Blackphone or the CryptoPhone, etc.
He won’t even use email at all due to security concerns. I suspect he’s aware of the weaknesses of standard smartphones in that regard, don’t you?
“Don’t use it...it’s a spy box.”
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Yes, Android phones have security issues. And Android’s developer, Google, makes BILLIONS & BILLIONS from spying on their customers’ actions.
Of course... he probably doesn't even trust having a private conversation in the White House just yet. I sure as heck wouldn't!
Someone did an interesting study off Trump’s tweets, clearly showing about half are his and half are staff, based on correlating time, linguistic style, device used, tone, etc.
While iPhones may have what appear to be security advantages over an Android phone... the only way Mr. Trump can make sure that his iPhone or any cell phone is truly “secure” these days is by taking the battery out. President Trump should follow these 28 simple and easy steps whenever he needs to make sure that his iPhone is secured. Reassembly is easy as well... just reverse these 28 simple steps.
1. Make sure the iPhone is turned off. Failing to turn off the phone can result in a shorted circuit. To turn off your iPhone 7, press and hold the Lock button on the right side of the phone's casing, then slide the slide to power off switch at the top of the screen right.
2. Remove the Pentalobe screws from each side of the Lightning port. The Lightning port is at the bottom of the phone. You'll need a 3.4 millimeter Pentalobe P2 screwdriver to remove the two screws here.
3. Place a gentle heating pad on the bottom of the iPhone 7. Doing so will loosen the adhesive that holds the screen in place, which will allow you to lift the display up later. Leave the heating pad for five minutes before proceeding.
4. Place a suction cup on the front of the iPhone. Place it at the bottom of the screen, directly above the Home button.
5. Pull up on the suction cup to lift the screen. The screen should only lift a fraction of an inch away from the case. Pulling too hard may rip the display from the case, so be gentle. •Hold the rest of the iPhone down with your other hand while you pull the suction cup. •If the screen won't come up, try heating the bottom of the iPhone for another few minutes.
6. Insert your spudger into the space in the lower-left corner of the iPhone. There should be a space created by gently pulling up on the suction cup, and your spudger should fit snugly into the gap. •Make sure you're using a plastic spudger and not a metal one, as a metal spudger will damage your phone.
7. Slide the spudger up the left side, then repeat on the right side. Twisting the spudger back and forth should gently pry the screen away from the phone's casing. Do not use the spudger near the top of the phone—there are plastic clips that hold the top of the screen in place, and doing so will break them. Instead, only move the spudger about halfway up each side.
8. Lift the screen up to form a ten-degree angle with the phone's case. Lifting the screen any higher than this will break the fragile display cables, so err on the side of caution when doing this.[1]
9. Slide a thin card or guitar pick along the top of the iPhone. Doing so will unstick the last of the adhesive there.
10. Pull the screen down toward the bottom of the phone. You should only have to pull it a few millimeters down to clear the plastic clips at the top of the iPhone
11. Open the display to the right. It should fold open like a book, with the interior of the iPhone now exposed and the still-connected display and screen face-down to the right of the case.
12. Remove the four tri-point screws from the lower display bracket. This silver bracket is on the lower-right side of the iPhone’s interior; there's a ribbon connecting it to the display part of the phone. You'll find four screws attaching the bracket to the phone, three of which require a 1.2 millimeter screwdriver and one of which needs a 2.6 millimeter screwdriver.
13. Remove the display bracket and set it aside. You'll see two black strips of plastic beneath it: one running parallel to the battery, and one running perpendicular.
14. Use the spudger to lift up the perpendicular plastic strip. This strip is the battery connector; detaching it will disconnect the display from your iPhone’s battery.
15. Use the spudger to lift up the parallel plastic strip and the grey strip beneath it. Doing so will detach the ribbon here from the iPhone’s interior, thereby disconnecting one of the two display ribbons.
16. Unscrew the bracket over the second display ribbon. This silver bracket is at the top-right corner of the phone's interior. You'll find three tri-point screws here: one 1.3 millimeter, and two 1.0 millimeter.
17. Remove the bracket. You should see another black piece of plastic that's perpendicular to the battery; this is the connector for the second display ribbon.
18. Use the spudger to pry up the connector. Doing so will remove the second display ribbon from the iPhone’s interior.
19. Set the iPhone’s display assembly aside. It should be completely removed at this point.
20. Remove the two Phillips (+) screws from the barometric vent. This black bracket is in the bottom-left corner of the iPhone’s case. You'll find a 2.9 millimeter screw and a 2.1 millimeter screw holding it down.
21. Remove the barometric vent. You should now be looking at the Taptic Engine's connector, which is a black piece of plastic like the rest of the connectors you've unattached so far.
22. Pry up the Taptic Engine's connector with your spudger. Doing so will disconnect the Taptic Engine from your iPhone’s logic board, which will in turn allow you to remove the Taptic Engine.
23. Remove the three Phillips screws from the Taptic Engine. All three of these screws are 1.5 millimeter screws.
24. Lift gently the Taptic Engine out of the case. With the Taptic Engine out of the way, you're finally ready to remove the iPhone’s battery.
25. Peel back the three adhesive strips from the bottom of the battery. You'll want to use a pair of needle-nose pliers or tweezers for this step.
26. Pull one of the adhesive strips toward you. Do this gently, since wrinkling or tearing the adhesive strip will make it extremely difficult to remove your iPhone’s battery. After enough pulling, the strip will slide out from under the battery. •If one of the adhesive strips tears and renders the battery impossible to remove: lay the iPhone on a heating pad for a few minutes to loosen the adhesive, then pry out the battery with a thin plastic card inserted on the left side of the battery.
27. Pull the other two strips out. Make sure you're holding down the battery while pulling out the last one so that the battery doesn't get ejected from the iPhone’s interior.
28. Remove your iPhone’s battery.
After a couple years of saying she would never buy an Apple iPhone, my youngest daughter bought an iPhone 7 to replace her Android phone. She got tired of all the problems with her Android, final was when it totally locked up last week, immediately bought the iPhone. Now she says she'll never buy an Android phone.
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It is FAR MORE SECURE than any Android phone. . . and your snarky comments on how to pull the battery on an iPhone are correct on the procedure, but not helpful. The CIA's tools were for an older model design of iPhones from NINE YEARS AGO and simply do not apply to modern iPhones.
Perhaps this is probably the reason for the release of Vault 7 from Wikileaks was leaked. To warn POTUS he is being spied on by the CIA.
Bottom line is this... I don’t care what Operating System you are on (Apple, Microsoft or Linux). These days if you are online..., then you are being tracked. There is no way around it.
Maybe though a VPN?
I have seen that Blackberry is claiming their take on android is more secure than standard android and even iOS.
I don’t know enough about it to make a judgement on the matter but there appears to be some room for disagreement.
I always root my phone and there’s nothing particularly secure about it.
My only regret is not getting the iPhone Plus instead of the regular iPhone 7. I went from an Android to a Windows Phone before moving up to an iPhone. Not going back.
This is OT but this sentence reminded me of something I read during the campaign. It took a committee of seven people to compose a Hillary Clinton tweet. And none of them was named Hillary Clinton.
I never had to change a battery ever on an iPhone..... I know it happens, but its rare for most people.
A “Block-It Pocket” would be a a little easier to do what you are trying to do.
https://www.amazon.com/Block-Pocket-anti-spying-radiation-protection/dp/B00LE5O2EU?th=1
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