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Why government ministers don’t stick to security rules

For the same reasons as the rest of us

LONDON, ENGLAND - MAY 01: Liz Truss, Chief Secretary to the Treasury taking a picture on her phone as she attends the first cabinet meeting following the Re-Shuffle at Downing Street on May 1, 2018 in London, England. The Cabinet Re-Shuffle was triggered following the resignation of Home Secretary Amber Rudd, her successor has been named as Sajid Javid, the former Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, on May 01, 2018. (Photo by Steve Back/Getty Images)

Conversation is the lifeblood of politics. Modern communication technologies make it easy to carry on multiple conversations. But convenience comes at a cost to cyber-security, as two recent episodes from the top of the British government show.

This article appeared in the Britain section of the print edition under the headline “Convenience v comfort”

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