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		</div><p>US president-elect Donald Trump has said &#8220;no computer is safe&#8221; when it comes to keeping information private, expressing new scepticism about the security of online communications.</p>
<p>Mr Trump, who rarely uses email or computers despite his frequent tweeting, told reporters during his annual New Year&#8217;s Eve party at his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida: <i>&#8220;You know, if you have something really important, write it out and have it delivered by courier, the old-fashioned way.</p>
<p>&#8220;Because I&#8217;ll tell you what: no computer is safe. I don&#8217;t care what they say.&#8221;</i></p>
<p>Mr Trump has repeatedly cast aside allegations by US intelligence agencies that Russia tried to influence the presidential election through hacking.</p>
<p>US intelligence services believe Russia ordered cyber-attacks on the Democratic National Committee (DNC), Hillary Clinton’s campaign and other political organizations, in a bid to influence the election in favor of Trump. The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and FBI released an analysis of the allegedly Russian government-sponsored hacking groups blamed for the breaches.</p>
<p>Earlier this week Barack Obama ordered sanctions on Russian spy agencies, closed two Russian compounds and expelled 35 diplomats the US accused of being spies.<br />
The Russian government has denied the allegations.</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8216;I know a lot about hacking&#8217;</p></blockquote>
<p>Mr Trump, who has said that he plans to meet intelligence officials next to week to learn more about the allegations, wants them <i>&#8220;to be sure because it&#8217;s a pretty serious charge&#8221;.</i></p>
<p>He pointed to intelligence failures over the existence of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq before the US invasion and declared himself an expert in the area.</p>
<p><i>&#8220;I know a lot about hacking. And hacking is a very hard thing to prove, so it could be somebody else,&#8221;</i> he said.</p>
<p>He added, cryptically, that he also knows &#8220;things that other people don&#8217;t know. And so they cannot be sure of the situation&#8221;.</p>
<p>During the Trump party, hundreds of guests gathered in the Mar-a-Lago grand ballroom, including action star Sylvester Stallone and romance novel model Fabio. Reporters were invited to watch as guests arrived.</p>
<p>Earlier, Mr Trump gave his press pool the slip, travelling to play golf at one of his clubs without journalists on hand to ensure the public had knowledge of his whereabouts.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">TO ALL AMERICANS-<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HappyNewYear?src=hash&;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#HappyNewYear</a> &; many blessings to you all! Looking forward to a wonderful &; prosperous 2017 as we work together to <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MAGA?src=hash&;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#MAGA</a>ðºð¸ <a href="https://t.co/UaBFaoDYHe">pic.twitter.com/UaBFaoDYHe</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/815422340540547073?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 1, 2017</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>A member of his golf club in Jupiter, Florida, posted a photo on Twitter of Mr Trump on the greens on Saturday morning and said about 25 US Secret Service agents accompanied the president-elect. Reporters had not been advised of the visit.</p>
<p>Transition aide Stephanie Grisham confirmed Mr Trump had made a &#8220;last-minute trip&#8221; to Trump National Golf Club Jupiter, about a half-hour drive from Mar-a-Lago. He returned to the estate at mid-afternoon.</p>
<p>Ms Grisham said that she and other aides were not aware of the trip and <i>&#8220;appreciate everyone&#8217;s understanding&#8221;.</i></p>
<p><i>&#8220;We are in the home stretch of this transition period and don&#8217;t anticipate any additional situations like this between now and inauguration,&#8221;</i> she said.</p>
<p>Mr Trump, both as a candidate and during the transition, has often scoffed at tradition, such as allowing a group of reporters to follow him at all times to ensure the public knows where he is.</p>
<p>Not long after his election he went out to dinner with his family in Manhattan without informing the pool of his whereabouts.</p>
<p>The practice is meant to ensure that journalists are on hand to witness, on behalf of the public, the activities of the president or president-elect, rather than relying on second-hand accounts.</p>
<p>The White House also depends on having journalists nearby at all times to relay the president&#8217;s first comments on breaking news.</p>
<p>Trump aides appear to have made an effort in recent weeks to offer additional access, allowing reporters to camp out outside a doorway at Mar-a-Lago to document staff and cabinet candidates&#8217; arrivals and departures.</p>
<p>Aides are also providing information about his meeting schedule.</p>
<p>Every president and president-elect in recent memory has travelled with a pool of journalists when leaving the White House grounds.</p>
<p>News organisations take turns serving in the small group, paying their way and sharing the material collected in the pool with the larger press corps.</p>
<p>Before he went golfing on Saturday, Mr Trump tweeted an unusual New Year&#8217;s message to friends and foes: <i>&#8220;Happy New Year to all, including to my many enemies and those who have fought me and lost so badly they just don&#8217;t know what to do. Love!&#8221;</i></p>
<p>With the arrival of 2017, another New Year&#8217;s message moved on his Twitter account at about midnight.</p>
<p>This one was decidedly more upbeat and carefully prepared &#8211; illustrated with a photo that included his holiday message next to it, including a hashtag and abbreviation referring to his campaign slogan: Make America Great Again.</p>
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