NYC Security: Mayor has Encoding “Batphone” that Receives Telemarking Calls

Gothamist writes:

Who doesn’t live for tidbits like learning that Mayor Bloomberg has a special phone … located in his kitchen? The Daily News shouts, Bloomy bat cave wired for terror, and the Batman reference works, because Bloomberg is a billionaire, lives in Gotham, and, for all we know, he’s got some crazy underground lair where he has latex suits that he enjoys wearing.

Other interesting tidbits from the NY Post:

The phone line, he said, has attracted its fair share of telemarketers, including those hoping to sell Hizzoner magazines or insurance.

The mayor described the batphone as a “regular phone,” except, he said, it has a “secure device that encodes on either end.”

Encodes or encrypts? It could be that the newspaper reported “encode” incorrect and the Mayor did say encryption. Bloomberg is a smart man. Perhaps this reinforces is why security awareness is better than education. (Focus on the difference between the two.) The general point remains the same for the lay reader, despite the potential technical inaccuracy: Bloomberg has a secure phone in his kitchen that could be used for emergencies.

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