EdBruce2d ago
MotherEarthenVessel

So, Waltz is using a customized (shady?) version of Signal that has some Israeli Defence Force connections? Really interesting and impressive work by @micahflee. 👏👏

https://micahflee.com/tm-sgnl-the-obscure-unofficial-signal-app-mike-waltz-uses-to-text-with-trump-officials/

TM SGNL, the obscure unofficial Signal app Mike Waltz uses to text with Trump officials

Yesterday, a Reuters photographer captured a photo of the freshly-ousted former National Security Advisor Mike Waltz checking his Signal messages during a Trump cabinet meeting. If you're not familiar with Waltz, he's most well known for inviting The Atlantic's editor-in-chief to secret Trump administration war crimes Signal group. They discussed,

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Show threadIrenes (many)2d ago
@StacyJenel @micahflee you could not pay us enough money to use an enterprise-managed version of Signal built by a third party, regardless of who the third party was
Show threadAnthony David2d ago

@StacyJenel @micahflee

Appointing this walking information beacon as National Security Advisor has to be Trump's top troll moment of this regime.

Show threadT2R2d ago
@StacyJenel @micahflee don’t worry guys. He’ll fail upwards (again).
Show threadKetumbra2d ago
@StacyJenel @micahflee in fairness, they are supposed to be archiving all the messages for the public record. Alas, I suspect this a very non-compliant way to do it.
Show threadMichael Weiss1d ago

@StacyJenel @micahflee for a bit of perspective, there's a lot of software that's security and compliance adjacent that's developed by Israeli companies. It's exceptionally common for those companies to have employees with IDF connections. That in itself is not a clear signal of state involvement.

I doubt you'd consider @hacks4pancakes to be a state sponsored threat based on their past military career, for example.

That's not to say that there aren't concerns about the app and associated service.

Show threadAnthony 🐨🦘🪃🇦🇺🕯🌟🧙‍♂️🇺🇦🇨🇦1d ago
@StacyJenel @micahflee interesting read and not surprised about it.