petersuberMar 24, 2025

This article is interesting for many reasons. One is that high-level #Trump officials are using #Signal (@signalapp) for top-secret govt business.
https://www.axios.com/2025/03/24/atlantic-yemen-signal-hegseth-jeffrey-goldberg

Many questions:
* Are they doing this because it's more convenient than comparable govt tools? (See Hillary Clinton's email server.) Or more secure? Both?
* Are there rules against this? (See Clinton's email server.) Are these officials breaking the law?
* Does this mean Signal is safe from govt attempts to force open a backdoor?

#Encryption #USPol #USPolitics

"Heads should roll": Congress erupts over stunning Trump admin leak

"We can't chalk this up to a simple mistake – people should be fired for this," said one House Democrat.

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@petersuber @signalapp @glynmoody

- disappearing messages after 1 week -> illegal, law says communications must be preserved
- yes and yes
- nothing is ultimately resistent to breakage.

Lots of rethorical questions. My conclusion: these guys are either stupid and incompetent or so entitled that they think they can get away with anything.

Mar 26, 2025 at 9:24pmIvory for Mac