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It's missing the point of the story to focus on this aspect. The characters involved in this event were not using Signal because they thought it was secure. The
by jeffbee 2y ago
It's missing the point of the story to focus on this aspect. The characters involved in this event were not using Signal because they thought it was secure. They used Signal because they intended to break and knew they were breaking the law.
- shawnc 2y agoYes, thank you for saying so. I agree. And that's what should be being discussed everywhere.
- AnimalMuppet 2y agoFor this specific chat, what law were they breaking? (I'm not defending the Trump administration's law-keeping in general. I'm asking about this specific set of communications.)
- ckemere 2y agoRecord keeping rules.
- jeffbee 2y agohttps://www.archives.gov/about/laws/presidential-records.html https://www.archives.gov/about/laws/presidential-records.htm... The Vice President of the United States cannot use Signal "disappearing messages" to correspond with anyone for any purpose.
- AnimalMuppet 2y agoAh. Those rules. What you say is true. But if a technique makes it so that 1) they don't preserve a record for the future, and 2) they do leak (or risk leaking) information that can kill service people, I personally care more about #2. (Ironic that, in trying to not leak to future investigators/prosecutors, they increased the risk of leaking to foreign adversaries. Shows which threat they're focused on.)