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I was not suggesting that the encryption was compromised. I was suggesting that signal is being targeted.
Likely, they are infiltrating Signal groups specifically. Not through breaking encryption, but still joining these groups BECAUSE of the encryption.
The fact that these groups are using private encrypted messages are what piques the interest of the FBI in the first place. Signal is just the most popular and thus the most likely target.
Any software used by enough people will be targeted.