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Military leaders aghast as Zuck crashes classified Oval Office meeting

(www.independent.co.uk)
56 points CharlesW | 3 comments | 04 Jul 25 16:19 UTC | HN request time: 0.658s | source
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mcswell ◴[04 Jul 25 16:46 UTC] No.44466014[source]▶
We knew that Hegseth didn't understand (or didn't believe in) security. It's not surprising that Trump, who had highly classified documents laying around in Mar a Lago, doesn't either.

Years ago, I was in a classified meeting in a SCIF when someone's cell phone went off. The person was immediately escorted out of the room--probably their clearance was revoked, and they were told not to come back. Having a cell phone in a SCIF is bad enough, having it go off inside the SCIF is even worse--and answering it during a classified meeting (or just answering it inside a SCIF) is cause for trouble big.

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1. ModernMech ◴[04 Jul 25 16:55 UTC] No.44466079[source]▶
Huh... I had always imagined SCIFs were like faraday cages, so a cell phone wouldn't be able to send or receive any signals.
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2. derektank ◴[04 Jul 25 17:09 UTC] No.44466192[source]▶
That would be prohibitively expensive in most cases.
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3. sam_lowry_ ◴[04 Jul 25 23:36 UTC] No.44468884[source]▶
O'rly?

These are not only Faraday cages, but they also actively transmit noise.

It's open information since the 70-ies.

A mobile phone will not work inside.