Signal also features auto-delete for messages. They chose not to communicate through secure channels, and are actively trying to keep their shit out of the permanent record. These fucks are actively evading paper trails and transcripts because they know full-well how indefensible their crimes are.
Would this be good publicity or had publicity for signal?
“Even government officials think we’re secure!”
Or
“Idiots actually think signal is secure for classified information”
I don’t doubt Signal per se, but I am surprised that government officials would use it to discuss military plans. I would have thought the government would use something developed by the military just to be sure that it’s safe.
Sure, they can vet the source code, but it seems more straightforward for the government to develop their own app than create a team to vet the security if something that they didn’t write. Signal is also relatively new, and they had to have a way to discuss these things beforehand.
I think it’s gonna end up being bad. Mainly because most people are gonna hear on Fox News that this was due to some flaw in Signal, and just take that at face value. A lot of people are not gonna even read an article about why or what even happened.
Bunnylux@lemmy.world 1 month ago
It was signal
white_nrdy@programming.dev 1 month ago
Just wanna be clear that this didn’t happen because of some technical flaw/vulnerability in Signal. This was completely Human Error
KreekyBonez@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Signal also features auto-delete for messages. They chose not to communicate through secure channels, and are actively trying to keep their shit out of the permanent record. These fucks are actively evading paper trails and transcripts because they know full-well how indefensible their crimes are.
Habahnow@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
Would this be good publicity or had publicity for signal? “Even government officials think we’re secure!” Or “Idiots actually think signal is secure for classified information”
ChumbleyBumbley@lemm.ee 1 month ago
Signal is very secure, but your encryption doesn’t matter when you add unknown people to your encrypted chats.
It’s like buying the most secure, unpickable door lock and giving the key with the address on it to a complete stranger
Abnorc@lemm.ee 1 month ago
I don’t doubt Signal per se, but I am surprised that government officials would use it to discuss military plans. I would have thought the government would use something developed by the military just to be sure that it’s safe.
Sure, they can vet the source code, but it seems more straightforward for the government to develop their own app than create a team to vet the security if something that they didn’t write. Signal is also relatively new, and they had to have a way to discuss these things beforehand.
Siegfried@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I would have expected the USA to have their own private network for this shit… such a meh nation nowadays
white_nrdy@programming.dev 1 month ago
I think it’s gonna end up being bad. Mainly because most people are gonna hear on Fox News that this was due to some flaw in Signal, and just take that at face value. A lot of people are not gonna even read an article about why or what even happened.
Habahnow@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
JustAnotherKay@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Just a heads-up that this double posted
Habahnow@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
Thanks I deleted it. Not certain how that happened.
cyborganism@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
Ah ok. Thanks! :)