During a June 2016 campaign speech, Donald Trump turned yet again to one of his favorite topics: Hillary Clinton’s e-mails. “Her server was easily hacked by foreign governments, perhaps even by her financial backers in communist China,” he said, “putting all of America and our citizens in danger, great danger.” Yet when it comes to “the cyber,” Trump and his minions seem to have adopted a stance that’s equally blasé. Not only have myriad reports emerged of officials using encrypted, disappearing-message services like Confide, in potential violation of federal record-keeping laws, but Steve Bannon, Gary Cohn, Jared Kushner, and Reince Priebus all occasionally relied on private e-mail and electronic devices to conduct government business. Chief of Staff John Kelly’s personal cell phone was reportedly compromised for months while he served as secretary of homeland security, under a president who didn’t bother to secure his Android phone or the Wi-Fi networks on his many properties. And it seems the president’s willful neglect of cyber-security has continued well into his time in office.

Citing administration officials, Politico reports that Trump’s call-enabled White House iPhone—he has “at least” two phones, one to make and receive calls and another that’s pre-loaded with several news sites and the Twitter app—is not equipped with security features designed to shield his communications from would-be hackers and other surveillance. And though his staff has reportedly urged him to swap out the Twitter phone once a month, he’s resisted, calling it “too inconvenient.” (Both smartphones are supplied by White House Information Technology and the White House Communications Agency, which oversees White House telecommunications.)

While Trump’s predecessor had his phones examined for suspicious activity every 30 days, Trump has reportedly gone as long as five months without turning in his Twitter-capable device for inspection. And unlike Barack Obama’s White House-issued cell phones, Trump’s call-enabled iPhone has a camera and microphone, increasing the risk that it could be used to hack and monitor the president. (The G.P.S. tracker is disabled.) The White House has refuted the idea that the microphone and camera make Trump vulnerable, telling Politico, “Due to inherent capabilities and advancement in technologies, these devices are more secure than any Obama-era devices.” A senior West Wing official told Politico that the call-enabled phone is “seamlessly swapped out on a regular basis through routine support operations,” though “because of the security controls of the Twitter phone and the Twitter account,” that device “does not necessitate regular change-out.”

Other White House officials are decidedly more stringent about security. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, for example, is reportedly weighing a ban on personal cell phones and fitness trackers after G.P.S. data from the two produced a global heat map that revealed the locations of military bases. “It’s about electronics, G.P.S.-enabled electronics,” a spokeswoman for Mattis said at the time. “You have to also consider the fact that we have been attacked, bases have been attacked. Information is power, and our adversaries have used information to plan attacks against us.” Indeed, certain adversaries have track records when it comes to hacking: “China . . . is known for using cyber tactics to gain the upper hand in business negotiations,” Samm Sacks, a China and technology expert at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, told Politico. “It’s baffling that Trump isn’t taking baseline cyber-security measures at a time when he is trying to negotiate his way out of a trade war.”

Though ignoring, in the words of Obama-era deputy chief technology officer Andrew McLaughlin, “literally the most rudimentary advice given by the communications agencies” would be entirely in character for Trump, doing so could put him on par with his worst depiction of Clinton. As former N.S.C. counterterrorism director Nate Jones told Politico, “[it] could pose significant risks to the country.”