- cross-posted to:
- technology@hexbear.net
- cross-posted to:
- technology@hexbear.net
A photograph of Trump administration official Mike Waltz’s phone shows him using an unofficial version of Signal designed to archive messages during a cabinet meeting.
Mike Waltz, who was until Thursday U.S. National Security Advisor, has inadvertently revealed he is using an obscure and unofficial version of Signal that is designed to archive messages, raising questions about what classification of information officials are discussing on the app and how that data is being secured, 404 Media has found.
On Thursday Reuters published a photograph of Waltz checking his mobile phone during a cabinet meeting held by Donald Trump.
The screen appears to show messages from various top level government officials, including JD Vance, Tulsi Gabbard, and Marco Rubio.
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Let your local magats know how you feel about being subjected to this shit show daily. Really let them know how you feel.
They just mumble TDS and start pretending to speak in tongues.
Up the ante
what a putz
Could it be that Mike was the insider that was leaking stuff to the media and this archiveable version of Signal is to be able to prove and/or keep Signal conversations that would otherwise be removed from the official app? I mean, just them using Signal is a violation of the Records Act, no, due to the ability to remove entire chats after a period of time? Everyone thinks he’s incompetent or dumb, but he may have added that reporter on purpose to expose their use of Signal in the first place and he’s using this unofficial version to save chats we would otherwise not have record of. If the insider info stops now, we’ll know why.
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This is a link to the modified app instruction.
https://www.telemessage.com/signal-archiver-android-installation-upgrade/
Cunts voted for this. It’s not like we didn’t know they’re this incompetent and dangerous.
And they’ll still defend it too. Ugh
They will so make them afraid for being who they are. It’s time they really feel our dissatisfaction with them for subjecting us all to this bullshit.
“We are currently clean on OPSEC.”
“Only the best people.”
These fucking clowns. I’ve lived through an awful lot of Gov’t by the Stupid…
(Remember when we thought Bush the Younger was the dumbest president ever…??)
But this freak show simply outdoes anything that came before. 🙄 🤡 🖕
I long for the Bush era and that’s fucking tragic.
Golfs better than Trump too
What a time to be alive
It was not. 2000+ has pretty much sucked.
Funny enough, 2000 is when I could first legally buy booze too. Still didn’t help.
➕ 💯
Too stupid even for Trump to keep onboard.
Yo this is a real interesting read but the title is straight clickbait that makes it seem like the gov’t is externally archiving signal messages for citizens.
I mean, aren’t they?
It’s TeleMessage, not Signal, but w/e
No i mean, are they not just storing encrypted messages until they have capability to decrypt?
Yes, the US government has a longstanding ‘grab everything’ order in place.
It’s just a matter of whether they want to put the resources towards deciphering something.
I read it as intented, since most headlines in the last month have been about their own usage of Signal.
Wish I could read the whole article
I’m so grateful for archive.is and every project like it
Thanks
That is slightly better than using regular signal. I wonder if they only started using it after the leaks?
What would be funny is if Signal made some changes that break that app’s functionality.
How might they do that?
No, it is not. Those convos are being stored somewhere, who knows if it’s even completely secure.
Modified clients could be transmitting the private keys to the server.
But not storing communications like this is literally illegal. It’s not good, but it’s breaking the law less.
Neither the app nor the archiver are approved or managed. This is absolutely even more illegal.
Is it if those backups are in Russia?
they’re in Tel Aviv
Probably backdoored
You’re thinking of Grind’r.
Seems more like they left the front door wide open.
To make matters somewhat worse, tele message appears to be an Israeli company
Although they are owned by Smarsh, an American company.
mossad, looking through the logs: “already knew that. tell us something we don’t know ffs.”
The article makes me wonder if Waltz is intentionally countering the counter-revolution.
Either that, or he’s just stupid as fuck.
Maybe both.
Gotta save that juicy blackmail
We trained him wrong, as a joke
I am bleeding, leaving me the victor!
Someone should really try “my nuts to your fist style.”
That’s a lot of nuts!
squeak squeak
Eeny meeny miney mo
I wonder where my glove will go
DA NA NA NA NA- NEO.
DA NA NA NA NA NA NA- SPORIN.
