President Obama to get a high-security, top-secret BlackBerry

I think it’s great that Barack Obama continues to fight for the right to feed his BlackBerry addiction . It looks like he’ll soon be playing Brick Breaker and sending BBMs again, after the NSA approves his SecureVoice enabled BlackBerry.

By Bill Gertz:

President Obama will soon get his souped-up, high-security BlackBerry for use in and around the White House and during presidential travel, according to Obama administration officials.

The top-secret BlackBerry 8830 is in the final stages of development by the National Security Agency, which will soon begin checking to make sure its encryption software meets federal standards. The device could be ready for use in the next few months.

Once in hand, the president will be able to send text and e-mail and make phone calls to others with the secure software loaded on their devices. Others expected to get secure BlackBerrys include top aides as well as first lady Michelle Obama.

The software being used is called SecureVoice, developed by the Genesis Key Inc. of Washington. It can turn any BlackBerry 8830 or Curve into a device that is designed to defeat hackers, eavesdroppers and spies.

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