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Signal downloads spike in the US and Yemen amid government scandal | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
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[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 16 points 1 week ago (1 children)

-or- because they have been intentionally avoiding record preservation requirements.

It's this one

dipshits didn't choose it for being the right tool for the job here, as it certainly is not.

It was, actually. If they weren't dipshits it wouldn't have been a problem.

[–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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.

[–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

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.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 days ago

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.