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LOL what kinda bullshit comment is this?
The people in the White House are idiots. They choose Signal because they're either dumb/negligent -or- because they have been intentionally avoiding record preservation requirements.
Signal is a solid app for sure, but these dipshits didn't choose it for being the right tool for the job here, as it certainly is not.
I wholeheartedly agree the White House is full of morons. I was just saying that Signal is a solid app for me to securely share bullshit with my family. Its definitely not the right tool for government officials to use. But its plenty safe for sharing memes and pics of my dog.
It's this one
It was, actually. If they weren't dipshits it wouldn't have been a problem.
Signal, on your personal device, is fine for personal use. It is absolutely not fine for classified communication as the VP or head of DoD, as there are billions of dollars dedicated to compromising your phone.
The encryption doesn’t mean shit if they breach an endpoint or account.
If it was strictly personal chat, yeah, no problem, but they just have to assume the messages are being read by other nations.
That's absolutely correct. Everyone seems to fixate on the encryption, but hackers are lazy and they'll attack whatever is weakest. In this case that means the storage on the phone after it's decrypted.
Don't store classified information on your phone, regardless of what you use to transmit it.
Or better yet, do whatever the heck security experts tell you to do. I can only imagine what’s standard procedure for the president's cabinet.
Exactly. I can guess as to what decent OPSec looks like, but that's not my job and I'm not an expert. If you're in a sensitive position, listen to the experts. If you're a hobbyist, do whatever strikes your fancy.
It's not the right tool for their job but still a good tool for the laws they were trying to break...