Monday, September 29, 2014

George Clooney gave his wedding guests burner phones to prevent photo leaks


It's a tricky security problem: how do you let your wedding guests take photos, but make sure none of the photos leak? If you're George Clooney, you collect everyone's phone and give each of them a burner phone just for the occasion, to be tossed away once the big day is over. It's an expensive way around the problem, sure, but if you're a movie star, it's a small price to pay.


The bigger question, tossed around in security circles, is how all this actually worked. Supposedly, Clooney's people had access to all of the photos taken with the burner phones, so they would know who took which photos and would be able to trace back any leaks that came out. Vogue had bought exclusive photography rights to the wedding (donating the fee to...


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