Apple’s iPad caused a security concern last week at 10 Downing Street.
In an article published by the Mail on Sunday (which reached us from Cult of Mac), the bizarre situation is outlined. The publication explains that during last week’s Cabinet meeting, a handful of iPads had been left in No. 10, apparently “for a presentation by the man in charge of the Government Digital Service” (GDS), “Mike Bracken, and Cabinet Office Minister Francis Maude.”
However, Downing Street’s security team was having none of it. The Mail on Sunday explains that the iPads soon became a security concern:
Their worry was that the devices could be hacked by a foreign power and used to listen in to Cabinet. So, Ministers were instructed not to touch them.
From here, No. 10′s security team leaped into action.
Midway through the GDS’s talk and amid a round of applause offered by ministers at the prospect of the service saving the British economy some £2 billion ($2.7 billion) per year, “security moved in to remove all the iPads from the room. They were taking no chances with Cabinet careless talk,” the publication notes.
Perhaps, however, Downing Street was merely disposing of its old iPads, in preparation for an upgrade to the iPad Air? Little more concerning the odd situation is known.
This, and more, will be on the agenda for the forthcoming edition of AppAdvice International, so be sure to check back on Tuesday at 10 a.m.
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