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I don't disagree generally, but it should be noted that the TeleMessage federal contracts predate this administration. > According to Padgett and government re

I don't disagree generally, but it should be noted that the TeleMessage federal contracts predate this administration. > According to Padgett and government records reviewed by NBC News, government contracts (some of which are still current) involving TeleMessage go back years, predating the current Trump administration. One current contract that mentions TeleMessage allocated $2.1 million from the Department of Homeland Security and FEMA for “TELEMESSAGE MOBILE ELECTRONIC MESSAGE ARCHIVING,” beginning in February 2023, with an August 2025 end date. https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/security/photo-appears-shows-mike-waltz-using-signal-app-can-archive-messages-rcna204434 https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/security/photo-appears-shows-mi... https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_70FA3123F00000028_7022_70RTAC21D00000006_7001 https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_70FA3123F00000028...

tw04 1y ago
Sure, but was it being used to send secure military messages in the past? Or was it being used as a slightly more secure text messaging replacement by agencies that weren’t subject to the same security requirements as the Secretary of Defense?
- timewizard 1y ago
  > but was it being used to send secure military messages in the past? We have no information on that one way or the other. > a slightly more secure text messaging replacement Yea but it wasn't secure at all. For any purpose. > that weren’t subject to the same security requirements as the Secretary of Defense? Regardless of who is using it and for what purpose I'd like the server to actually be secure. This isn't a left vs. right issue. This is an overall government incompetence issue.
- mikem170 1y ago
  It is my understanding that the normal procedures mandate that government supplied locked down devices be used for classified communications, not personal phones running Israeli cloud-connected messaging apps. This is comparable to everyone using Hillary's email server for classified messaging, except also controlled in a foreign country, and oops very insecure. Even office drones working at a bank aren't allowed to do such things. This is not normal.

tw04 1y ago

Sure, but was it being used to send secure military messages in the past? Or was it being used as a slightly more secure text messaging replacement by agencies that weren’t subject to the same security requirements as the Secretary of Defense?

timewizard 1y ago
> but was it being used to send secure military messages in the past? We have no information on that one way or the other. > a slightly more secure text messaging replacement Yea but it wasn't secure at all. For any purpose. > that weren’t subject to the same security requirements as the Secretary of Defense? Regardless of who is using it and for what purpose I'd like the server to actually be secure. This isn't a left vs. right issue. This is an overall government incompetence issue.
mikem170 1y ago
It is my understanding that the normal procedures mandate that government supplied locked down devices be used for classified communications, not personal phones running Israeli cloud-connected messaging apps. This is comparable to everyone using Hillary's email server for classified messaging, except also controlled in a foreign country, and oops very insecure. Even office drones working at a bank aren't allowed to do such things. This is not normal.