Why does the Secret Service not use blue tooth technology?

For years the Secret Service has guarded our Presidents, top Candidates and other powerful US Politicians. One can always recognize a secret service agent by the standard black suit, white collar shirt, dark sunglasses, blank stare and the wire running up from the back of their shirt to their ear.

With technology at the level it is today we see people seemingly talking to themselves all over the place. Even young children have bluetooth headsets for use with their cellphones. Some cars use wireless technology to start the engine, and others you no longer need to place the key in the ignition, as long as the key is nearby.

So why is the Secret Service using what seems to be the same technology they used in the 70's, 80's, 90's?

One possible answer could be the security of wireless technology, then again you have to think the communication devices they currently use, allows for wireless communication, so why the wire running to the listening device?

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blue tooth is one of the most insecure networks in the world. that's why.

what they have is way better than blue-tooth!!! there transmissions are encrypted and cannot be hacked and almost unlimited range depending on how they connect the transmissons. they got the best stuff in the world. if you try and hack if they have sniffer trucks that'll find you and get you.

Secret Service operates on a radio frequencey all to their own.....not gonna change.

Hard wired devices are still more dependable that wireless. Blue Tooth devices are good but they do loose connection from time to time and that would not be good if some crisis were to come up and they could not communicate.