DOD’s $5 Billion Push to Stop the Next Edward Snowden

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http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/hA1oRLK.LVERbjM9xEpH9g--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://globalfinance.zenfs.com/Finance/US_AHTTP_H_FISCAL_TIMES_LIVE/12042013_Blackberry_Pentagon_Face_original.jpg (http://news.yahoo.com/dod-5-billion-push-stop-103000540.html)In the wake of the Edward Snowden NSA leaks, the Defense Department is scrambling to secure data on the growing number of mobile devices and computers with access to sensitive materials. DOD’s latest action to safeguard data is limiting the use of IPhone and Android phones, forcing an unspecified number of Army personnel to using a Blackberry—a cellular phone that was once considered state of the art until the iPhone came along. Until the Pentagon upgrades to Fixmo, a new $16 million system compatible with the more advanced phones, some soldiers are going to have to carry the unpopular Blackberry. An email announcing the change and obtained by NextGov.com said, [Army personnel] "have been told that between now and whenever this 'fixmo' is online, their Droids and iThings are simply to become useless.



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