Trump family business delays launch of $499 gold smartphone

US-made device planned by end of year hit by recent government shutdown affecting shipments…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/31/trump-family-business-delays-launch-of-gold-smartphone

 

 

 

ICE may try to hack your phone at a protest. Here's what you need to know.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hr-hkaj4mGI

 

French scientist denied US entry after phone messages critical of Trump found | US news | The Guardian

France's research minister said the scientist was traveling to Houston for a conference when his phone was searched…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/19/trump-musk-french-scientist-detained

 

Are private conversations truly private? A cybersecurity expert explains how end-to-end encryption protects you

Apple's iMessage integrates end-to-end encryption for messages exchanged between iMessage users, safeguarding them from external access. However, messages sent to or received from non-iMessage users such as SMS texts to or from Android phones do not benefit from this level of encryption. 

 Google has begun rolling out end-to-end encryption for Google Messages, the default messaging app on many Android devices. The company is aiming to modernize traditional SMS with more advanced features, including better privacy. However, this encryption is currently limited to one-on-one chats...https://theconversation.com/are-private-conversations-truly-private-a-cybersecurity-expert-explains-how-end-to-end-encryption-protects-you-224477

FBI seizes Rep. Scott Perry’s phone - POLITICO

It's not immediately clear what information agents sought from the Pennsylvania Republican, a top ally of former President Donald Trump...

https://www.politico.com/news/2022/08/09/fbi-seize-gop-scott-perrys-phone-00050737

Meet Abortion Bans’ New Best Friend—Your Phone – Mother Jones

…Another extreme bill in Oklahoma's legislature would establish a statewide government database of all people seeking abortions. Each person would be assigned a "unique identifying number" and connected with a "pre-abortion resource" assistant who is legally barred from referring actual abortion services…

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2022/02/meet-abortion-bans-new-best-friend-your-phone/

Meet Abortion Bans’ New Best Friend—Your Phone – Mother Jones

… Latice Fisher, a Black woman, arrived at a Mississippi hospital after losing a pregnancy at home. Because she had admitted during an earlier gynecological exam that she was pregnant, but never returned for an ultrasound, suspicious medical officials handed her medical records to police, who launched an investigation. Since Fisher had voluntarily surrendered her phone, prosecutors were able to scrape her search history, which included searches for misoprostol, and used it as evidence that she had intentionally "killed" her fetus. She was charged with second-degree murder…

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2022/02/meet-abortion-bans-new-best-friend-your-phone/

How to Turn on and Use Wi-Fi Calling

Wi-Fi calling is a great feature that helps you make quality phone calls even when your cell reception is weak...

https://www.businessinsider.com/wifi-calling

Trump’s aggressive efforts to overturn election results revealed in latest DOJ release - Vox

…In a phone conversation with then-acting Deputy Attorney General Richard P. Donoghue and former acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen, Trump suggested that the election should be declared corrupt despite there being no proof of rampant fraud…

https://www.vox.com/2021/7/31/22603477/trump-efforts-overturn-election-results-rosen-donoghue

New Way to Identify if Your Android or iPhone's Camera and Mic Is Secretly Used... Here's What You Need to Do | Tech Times

Kim Komando, a Fox News reporter, shared her experience with targeted ads. She said that when she mentioned that she would like to go hiking in Patagonia, her phone started receiving ads about hiking adventures in her desired place after an hour during their dinner. Although there's no concrete evidence that your phone's camera is always listening to you, many residents in the United States believe that apps and other sites collect their voice data for marketing purposes. Even your smart TV could be gathering sensitive data while you use it.....
https://www.techtimes.com/articles/253062/20201004/new-way-to-identify-if-your-android-or-iphones-camera-and-mic-is-secretly-used-heres-what-you-need-to-do.htm

Trump Campaign Deploying Phone Location-Tracking Technology

PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP’S reelection effort has retained the services of a technology company that specializes in the mass collection of smartphone location data, which can be used to track voters for political targeting purposes.
https://theintercept.com/2019/12/11/the-donald-trump-campaign-is-deploying-phone-location-tracking-technology/

Her son was in Border Patrol custody. An agent took his phone. Then came an alleged ‘trap.’ - The Washington Post

A Guatemalan immigrant alleges that an agent at the Texas facility had her watch him masturbate online as she was hoping to have a chance to speak to her son, who was being held there.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/border-patrol-agent-in-clint-accused-of-harassing-mother-of-12-year-old-migrant-who-was-in-custody/2019/07/17/6d648426-a4e4-11e9-b732-41a79c2551bf_story.html

The 43 most outrageous lines from Donald Trump's phone interview with Sean Hannit - CNN Politics

There's no "reporter" that President Donald Trump likes more than Fox News' Sean Hannity — largely due to Hannity's unwavering, puppy dog-like support for the President. Trump likes to reward people who play nice with him, which brings us to the 45-minute phone interview he gave to Hannity on Wednesday night, the latest in a series of conversations between the two men. ....
https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/28/politics/sean-hannity-donald-trump-mueller/index.html

Trump ‘phone bombs’ GOP lawmakers at all hours looking for ‘praise’: report - Raw Story

President Donald Trump does not use computers, but will pick up the phone to call conservative lawmakers, The Washington Post reported Tuesday. "The chatterbox in chief has eschewed the traditional way that presidents communicate with members of Congress, calling lawmakers at all hours of the day without warning and sometimes with no real agenda," ....
https://www.rawstory.com/2019/02/trump-calls-gop-lawmakers-hours-looking-praise-report/

Robo-calls are getting worse. And some big businesses soon could start calling you even more - The Washington Post

Robocalls ravaged Americans' smartphones in record numbers last month. But some of the nation's top businesses are still urging the Trump administration to make it easier for them to dial and text mobile devices en masse. ....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2018/07/12/robocalls-are-getting-worse-some-big-businesses-soon-could-start-calling-you-even-more/