Boris Johnson has been unable to give WhatsApp messages from his old mobile phone to the Covid inquiry because he cannot remember the passcode, The Times has be
True, but most people aren’t the former Prime Minister. I can’t read the article, because fuck paying any money to any of Murdoch’s outlets, but is it his personal phone, or one that was provided in his official capacity as PM?
I can’t either so I’ll have to speculate. I imagine it must be a personal phone, because a government-provided one should be accessible by their sysadmin so Johnson’s password wouldn’t be required. Despite his public act he’s not an idiot, so his personal phone probably will be encrypted, but I imagine the default iPhone encryption won’t be able to outlast the police’s resources if they really want to get in.
It’ll almost certainly be his personal phone. A recurring issue with the tory government has been that they use their personal phones for government business.
The thing is if it were you or I being investigated, we’d have the RIP Act thrown at us with the threat of a custodial sentence, no doubt, for not revealing the password.
To be fair that’s exactly what everyone should say when someone asks to look at your personal info!
True, but most people aren’t the former Prime Minister. I can’t read the article, because fuck paying any money to any of Murdoch’s outlets, but is it his personal phone, or one that was provided in his official capacity as PM?
I can’t either so I’ll have to speculate. I imagine it must be a personal phone, because a government-provided one should be accessible by their sysadmin so Johnson’s password wouldn’t be required. Despite his public act he’s not an idiot, so his personal phone probably will be encrypted, but I imagine the default iPhone encryption won’t be able to outlast the police’s resources if they really want to get in.
It’ll almost certainly be his personal phone. A recurring issue with the tory government has been that they use their personal phones for government business.
The thing is if it were you or I being investigated, we’d have the RIP Act thrown at us with the threat of a custodial sentence, no doubt, for not revealing the password.