For many, President-elect Barack Obama embodies a youthfulness that no other president has before. Obama has taken that youthfulness to a new standard by being extremely dependent on techonologies that no other president has utilized.
Obama may be the first president to have a laptop on his desk in the oval office and during his election was never seen without his BlackBerry. Although Obama has every good intention of finally catching the presidency up withthe 21st century, aides are telling him that it may not be a good idea.
No matter how much Obama wants to continue his constant correspondance over the internet with his high-tech tools, cyberspace is easily hackable and information easily stolen. Presidents are also under harsh scrutiny and almost any information sent or recieved is public information. These are the two main reasons aides to Obama are saying his BlackBerry has to go.
I have mixed feelings on whether Obama should be able to keep his BlackBerry and other gadgets. I hadn't realized until I read this article that this could even be an issue. I would love to see Obama be able to keep typing away on his Blackberry, however I would hate it even more if something terrible happened because someone hacked into the president's private information.
Decide for yourself and read the whole article here:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/16/us/politics/16blackberry.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=obama+blackberry&st=nyt
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