According to Bloomberg, citing anonymous officials of the presidential administration, the White house may prohibit employees to use mobile phones during the working day. The issue is being discussed, but many are opposed, believing that such a measure for some time will be able to «cut» them from family and home.
President Donald trump since taking office, has repeatedly complained about the leak to the press, but one of the officials referred to by the edition, said the potential change is not related to these concerns.
Sources of Bloomberg claim that the proposed ban is due to the problems of cybersecurity. Too many devices connected to the wireless network of the White house, so the use of personal phones may not be as safe as the use of stationary or special secret mobile devices. However, with government phones, you cannot send messages, and according to officials, they are the primary means of communication with the family. In addition, many officers fear that the use of stationary and other office telephones for personal purposes, they may subsequently be accused of undue waste of taxpayers ‘ money.
The white house is already taking some precautions. In particular, during the discussion of confidential or secret information of the participants in the conversation are asked to leave phones outside the conference room. A computer network of the White house has blocked access to Gmail and Google Hangouts. This means that, deprived of mobile phones, officials will lose access to their email boxes all day.
Earlier, former chief of staff of the White house Raines Primus has proposed to prohibit the use of personal mobile phones in the White house to end management representatives of the administration of the official business by means of telephone calls during the implementation of their duties in the civil service.
