His cellphone is probably password protected. Mine is; isn’t yours?
I can be cracked by hackers. Somebody in his circle could peek at his phone too. I never put password and username in the same place. That the worst thing to do.
Cracked by hackers? Maybe, but not your garden variety ones. Didn’t it take a special team to “crack” the phone of the CA shooter?
@“Cardinal Fang” sorry that was a quick post. Regardless it looks like Hawaii officials did not know what they were doing at all levels.
“Cracked by hackers? Maybe, but not your garden variety ones. Didn’t it take a special team to “crack” the phone of the CA shooter?”
Hackers are smarter. They can put some malware on your phone and download every piece of data you have. They don’t need the password.
https://www.inc.com/joseph-steinberg/14-signs-your-smartphone-or-tablet-has-been-hacked.html
IMO it’s a mistake to conflate an elected official’s personal Twitter feed with the official Twitter feed of the office the elected official holds. Official Twitter feeds should be controlled in an official way and should not contain political material; they should be like government press releases (which also should not have naked political content).
In this case, a Hawaii staffer should be in charge of the official Twitter feed of the Governor of Hawaii. Gov. Ige should control his own personal Twitter feed.
It is also a mistake to expect elected officials and government employees to be perfectly competent 24/7.
My H had us each make a physical spreadsheet of alll our numerous accounts and associated usernames and passwords. This has saved me a lot of grief over the years. Our spreadsheets are each many pages long and growing.
The folks who issue the alert should be instructed and well trained in how to use a prompt all-clear when conditions warrant. This was a huge issue in compounding the delay. Protocol needs to to clear to all the workers so that there is no huge delay while anxiously figuring how to fix their error.
The official who sent the alert thought it was real. It wasn’t a mistake as far as he was concerned. let me see if I can find the article.
They mentioned that on the national news as well last night, NBC. They also said he was fired and had a history of issues and it wasn’t the first time the employee mistook a practice drill for a real emergency. Sounds like the whole process was pretty FUBAR. You can read more here:
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/worker-who-sent-hawaii-missile-false-alarm-believed-threat-was-n842666
I find it “interesting” how much the current story differs from the excuse making originally fed to us.