Note for all about the Signal messaging app. While the level of stupid for someone to have a secret level government... [View all]
...text exchange on any application not vetted and approved by the NSA is staggering, and including in a journalist by accident is beyond comprehension (unless you have clown car members for a Cabinet), we all should be aware that the Signal app is not perfect. It's end to end encryption is considered top notch at least for a non-governmental system, but it can be breached. Cracking the encryption by non governmental hackers is unlikely but the true level of capability of Russia, China, the US and others is not really known. Knowing NSA and knowing bad actors probably like Signal, I would suspect a lot of focus and supercomputer time has worked on breaking the encryption. Further, Signal has no defense if the device taking in a Signal message has been compromised and others can simply read what is on the screen remotely. The message in transit may be safe but not so much possibly if being entered or received on a hacked device. I know progressive political entities like Signal so we ALL should be aware nothing is 100% safe from prying eyes.
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