• white_nrdy@programming.dev
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      6 months ago

      Just wanna be clear that this didn’t happen because of some technical flaw/vulnerability in Signal. This was completely Human Error

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      6 months ago

      Would this be good publicity or bad publicity for signal?

      “Even government officials think we’re secure!”

      Or

      “Idiots actually think signal is secure for classified information”

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        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

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            That’s what Buttigieg indicated. There are secure means of communicating classified information, with a process for ensuring people with clearance are the only ones allowed to view this information. I imagine those rules are in place exactly for this reason, to prevent accidental leaks.

            The rookies that Trump hired probably didn’t see the harm in doing it in this way, I mean come on, Signal is secure so what is there to worry about?

            Who knows what else has been leaked to the wrong people accidentally.