"Signalgate" just got worse: Signal messages were being auto-archived, non-encrypted. So all the people (I was one) saying "the security of the tech isn't the problem with this" were wrong actually. www.404media.co/mike-waltz-a... - ThreadSky

skiles.bsky.social • 11 days ago

"Signalgate" just got worse: Signal messages were being auto-archived, non-encrypted. So all the people (I was one) saying "the security of the tech isn't the problem with this" were wrong actually.

https://www.404media.co/mike-waltz-accidentally-reveals-obscure-app-the-government-is-using-to-archive-signal-messages/

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talentedripley.bsky.social•11 days ago

OMFUG Hegseth must go.

bertil.bsky.social•11 days ago

I’m not trying to tell you what you were saying but you were saying “the security of the tech isn’t the most obvious problem right now” but, did you check the company?
Because there’s apparently a service with that name & feature in Tel Aviv, founded by an ex 8200.

mikeyasaservice.bsky.social•11 days ago

Not as bad as the app being a third party Israeli company

skiles.bsky.social•11 days ago

The silver lining is that it potentially puts them back into compliance with the Federal Records Act. But, it's not yet clear if they are actually saving the Signal records in the way the law requires.

melissjpeltier.bsky.social•11 days ago

They aren’t saving them for the archives.
They’re saving them for their own mutually-assured destruction agreements.

haeni.org•11 days ago

😂😂😂😂

skiles.bsky.social•11 days ago

To be more precise, I don't know for sure that the archived messages are being stored unencrypted. Just that they aren't being stored in a way the government typically regards as secure:

kimberlystafford.bsky.social•11 days ago

But her fucking emails

seabeegator46.bsky.social•10 days ago

bertil.bsky.social•11 days ago

Curious if the lack of encryption makes it technically illegal…

skiles.bsky.social•6 days ago

Signalgate update: now we know Mike Waltz, and likely the phones of Pete Hegseth, Marco Rubio, Tulsi Gabbard, JD Vance, etc., use a "terribly insecure" knock-off version of Signal

A heroic deep-dive by @micahflee.com into the source code: https://micahflee.com/despite-misleading-marketing-israeli-company-telemessage-used-by-trump-officials-can-access-plaintext-chat-logs/

paperandairplanes.bsky.social•6 days ago

Sooo…. It’s like they’re using the most insecure thing they can find on purpose

skiles.bsky.social•6 days ago

To be fair to them, the documentation lies. They probably thought TM SGNL was more secure than it actually is.

paperandairplanes.bsky.social•6 days ago

Sure but…(aside from the fact they already have an existing platform built just for this!) isn’t it part of their jobs to know this sort of thing?

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