BBC NEWS | Americas | US Elections 2008 | Obama 'could stop using e-mail'

BBC NEWS | Americas | US Elections 2008 | Obama 'could stop using e-mail': "Experts say there is always a risk of digital communication being hacked into.

There is also the possibility that the location of a presidential mobile telephone could be tracked.

Benjamin Nugent, author of the book American Nerd, says the president-elect is a techie, who will have difficulty parting with his BlackBerry.

'It'll be interesting if we could see the torment on his face,' he told AP."