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If the US government needs a secure messaging app, why don't they make one internally?
by johntitorjr 2y ago
If the US government needs a secure messaging app, why don't they make one internally?
- LinuxBender 2y agoThey have internal highly secure chat systems with locked down hardware. They probably prefer Signal as it is not logging everything they say for internal review and they can chat with friends, business people, lobbyists. Just guessing. My theory is based on my own experience of running my own locked down chat systems. Most people will prefer Discord but will use my systems in the rare cases Discord goes offline for a prolonged period of time.
- watwut 2y agoThat logging is legally mandated. You literally said they like signal because they want to break the law. Which is a part of scandal.
- LinuxBender 2y agoIndeed
- SheinhardtWigCo 2y agoThat would be wasteful - Signal is open source, works well, and has been audited more thoroughly than any proprietary alternative would ever be.
- nielsbot 2y agoGovernment officials are required to record their communications. Signal is also not approved for secure communications. And while Signal the protocol and company might be secure, the phones it runs are not.
- cookiengineer 2y agoThe real answer is: plausible deniability.