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The FBI spied on a Signal group chat of immigration activists, records reveal
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 21 Nov 2025
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The FBI said the information came from a “sensitive source with excellent access” and introduced the report as a warning about “extremist actors targeting law enforcement officers and federal facilities”.
Yeah who knows how they got access to the chat. Could be they cracked the encryption or got access to someones phone who is in the chat. Either way I don't think signal is secure enough (overall) for this kind of activity.
I think it's obvious that a “sensitive source with excellent access” means an informant inside the group gave them a copy of the messages.
Edit: What the fuck is wrong with me? I was thinking of Telegram.
~~Three words borne of cynicism. Everyone here is focusing on exactly three words as opposed to the point of my message. Signal logs phone numbers required on sign-up and associates them with user accounts. A "legal" warrant can easily acquire this information and potentially nullify any anonymization Signal provides. Signal doesn't have to require or retain this potentially identifiable information, but they do anyway.~~