Now we know the rest of the story.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/03/signal-group-chat-attack-plans-hegseth-goldberg/682176/
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Now we know the rest of the story.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/03/signal-group-chat-attack-plans-hegseth-goldberg/682176/
Posted by beda70
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https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/why-government-workers-and-military-planners-all-love-signal-now/ar-AA1BBWPP
> “I’m not sure there is any government worker right now who isn’t talking to their colleagues on Signal,” Kamens said.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/26/gabbard-signal-government-devices-cybersecurity-00250731
> Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard pointed to guidance issued by CISA in December that recommended “highly targeted individuals,” including government personnel, “use only end-to-end encrypted communications.”
> Tulsi Gabbard testified to House Intelligence Committee members Wednesday that encrypted messaging app Signal comes “pre-installed” on government devices — a potentially _major shift in official communications on the heels of a __massive Chinese government-linked hack of U.S. telecommunications__ networks last year_.
> The spy chief pointed to guidance issued by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency in December that recommended “highly targeted individuals,” including government personnel, “use only end-to-end encrypted communications.”
> “They named Signal as an app as an example of such an end-to-end encrypted messaging app,”
So, umm, now what? Use it for government comms? Or don’t?
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