4mo ago

As top Trump aides sent texts on Signal, flight data show a member of the group chat was in Russia

www.cbsnews.com

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The title really lacks context. The "person in Russia in the group chat" is Witkoff, the US official in charge of the situation in Ukraine and the Middle East
- That is definitely the context needed. Not sure though if he needed to know the exact details of the battle plans whilst in Russia. Still feels like a slight lack of control of sensitive information. Albeit it’s not as bad as forgetting you had a journalist in the same chat.
  
  Hillary was crucified over emails on her own server. What these guys are doing is way worse by using a commercial platform to transmit sensitive information.
  
  Not sure though if he needed to know the exact details of the battle plans whilst in Russia.
  Through an unsecure platform, no less.
  There really is no excuse for any of this. And they are denying that a chat existed, or that any classified information was posted, or that there were even plans to attack anyone... imbeciles. Every single one.
  
  It's a complete lack of control of sensitive information. Signal should never be used for this. No phone app can make the security guarantees necessary for this level of detail.
  
  Well I mean, if anyone needs to know, it's him, right?
  
  No, it's much worse than that. The Pentagon announced not long ago that Signal has been compromised by Russia.
  Hate to link reddit here, but this comment does a good job of explaining how damaging this really is:
  https://redlib.freedit.eu/r/politics/comments/1jjn8qk/atlantic_editor_suggests_hes_open_to_sharing/mjoedt4/#mjoedt4
  Also, they're using Signal to dodge FOIA requests, as well as subpoenas, which was recommended by the project 2025 leader Vought last year to hide their illegal activity
- No doubt on a personal device, surrounded by hostile cell towers and WiFi hotspots and being bombarded with who knows what kind of state-level malware.
  It’s not like they need to break signal; if they can clandestinely screencap, keysniff etc then this chat was completely pwned regardless of how secure it was between TCP endpoints
  This is not even a conversation that should be happening on a government issued smartphone in a hostile foreign country.
See, Donald Trump was feeding the Russians false information via a double secret Signal Chat under the guise of accidentally leakng it. He plays 18D chess.
It's already well established that the Trump administration is a bunch of traitors and foreign assets.
What puzzles me is how Americans are OK with that?
They are destroying old alliances, and making them enemies to please Russia and possibly China too.
- We're not quite here yet, but... it's only been 2 months.
  
  Feels like it’s been an entire term already. 😮‍💨
  
  OK so how many rioters were hurt at the January 6th attack again?
- We are is okay what?
  
  As far as I can tell, the Trump administration is meeting near zero resistance.
  If people don't do anything, it's the same as condoning it.
  And yes I know there are some that do, and I know there are good Americans too.
  But you are too few, and you don't make a significant difference to the problem.
Jfc. Every article increasingly reveals just how inept Trump and his syncophants truly are.
I wish I could say I'm shocked.
Meanwhile my work computer/phone doesn't even work outside the country. Next question is if these communications were on people's personal phones as well. 😮‍💨
- But it's okay. An investigation has been done and none of the people in the chat was Hillary Clinton.
No one cares. No one gives a shit. There are "collateral arrests" made in relation to deportations. Libraries and national parks are being defunded.
...if you're not rioting now you ain't gonna. America is in a holding pattern of decay.
All the easier to pass the info on to his Russian handlers. Seriously the probability that at least some of their phones are compromised by Pegasus or other state-sponsored spyware is very high. As Pete Buttigieg said, "These are very rich and powerful people. They won't personally suffer the consequences. This is a game to them."
Stevie Deals is everywhere.

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