Friday, October 25, 2013

Is German Chancellor Angela Merkel's Mobile Phone Secured?



How Safe Is Merkel's Mobile? -- Deutsche Welle

Chancellor Angela Merkel's mobile phone is recognized as one of Berlin's key centers of power. It was assumed to be immune to surveillance, but new reports of NSA spying on the German leader raise a number of questions.

It's no secret that German Chancellor Angela Merkel likes to use her mobile phone - or that she uses it often for government business. The secret is - or at least it has been presumed - the content and people involved in the calls, text messages and emails.

Merkel's mobile as well as those of other government officials were thought to be immune to surveillance, until accusations by the German newsmagazine "Der Speigel" on Wednesday (23.10.2013) that the National Security Agency (NSA), a US intelligence agency, was listening in on the chancellor's phone.

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My Comment: Considering what has happened in the past week .... I will have to assume that the Germans themselves do not feel comfortable that Chancellor Angela Merkel's mobile phone is safe.

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