Barack Obama has been up to date with modern technology, unlike any other president. He has a blackberry constantly at his side, like most cooperate Americans. There is this fear that Obama’s blackberry will cause more harm than good.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/11/17/obama.blackberry.ap/index.html#cnnSTCText
Obama faces the possibility that he cannot have any email service, or type of communication through the Internet. I feel like America is pushing forward in innovative technologies, but with a President not allowed to communicate through email, I feel as though he would not be a great representation of our country. Obama will have a freedom taken away as well as making time and distance an barrier in communication, while emailing gets rid of those factors.
I understand the importance of a security breach, and possible hacking, but we cannot have a president who is not aware of the new technologies that Americans are creating and using. I also am aware that Obama is now interacting with the United States citizens through video broadcasting. He still does not have a personal means of digital communications. Sheltering the President from emailing and text messaging while taking away his blackberry seems backwards and doesn’t seem to benefit him in anyway. During the campaign, Obama relied on email to spread his word to get out and vote, at least once a day. Handwritten notes are the alternative, but I still feel that they able to get intercepted as well. Should a modern 21st century president still have to follow the ways of our presidents from 200 years ago?
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I think its kind of cool that he is up to date with technology. I also wish it was some other way that he could still use it, but it is appearent that useing a black berry or anything pertaining to the internet for personal use would be dangerous for the president. Hackers are getting better each day, and that makes it even easier for terrorist.
I think this is really extreme. I think Obama should definitely be smarter about how he uses technology now, but in today's world I don't think an outright ban on technology is a valid solution. Sure, hackers will always be a threat, but are we to believe that the U.S. government doesn't have any means to combat them? Obama has shown great enthusiasm for technology, and I think taking that away from him would diminish his appeal as the man who can bring change to the country. How can he be expected to relate to the American people if he is completely isolated from them?
I don't think technology in this case is one that is bad. I mean shouldn't our president represent the average American who have blackberrys, ipods and the works. Technology is not always that bad. Like for the election John McCain had a website that was not user friendly and Obama had one that was easily navigated. In this case it could have been a contributing factor. I think technology is a bad thing, and how often does the white house get hacked into?
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