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exactly. I use and love signal. its a fantastic privacy tool - seriously! but the amount of pure stupid on display by this administration is just too much to take.

signal group chats can have admins and users. admins are able to control access to the group.

signal is a social communication network. yes, when everything works well and people dont screw up, its wonderfully private and secure - one of the best and easiest to use secure social communication tools around.

the real issue is... these idiots used it (probably from their personal phones!) like it was NSA approved tech. lead idiot hegseth being all "opsec is clean" while an unknown participant has been added to the group chat is just... I have no words. these people are playing dressup.

signal on an uncompromised device and with decent digital hygiene will keep a whole bunch of people and TLAs out of your business. however, I do not expect the US Govt planing military fucking strikes via signal just so the "principals" can conveniently sip drinks by the pool instead of being in an NSA approved communication facility.

seriously, fuck!

I know, right! millennia of boring European history. nothing ever happens over there.

understood. looking back in my history, I have upvoted a few of your posts :-)

we'll get there, eventually.

...be the change you want to see on lemmy?

post. comment. repeat.

oh, agreed. these people should have been nowhere near it - as evidenced by their incredible fuckup.

as an average consumer, and barring binary or device compromise, I do trust signal and a few others to traffic info that could incarcerate or worse.

fantastic!

exactly. signal was chosen precisely because it is widely considered to be secure and, more importantly, outside the purview of any mechanism which would hold them to account.

This is not the only chat group on Signal, I'd wager.

absolutely.

still, this is a reasonable boost for signal and briar (or similar) as a backup.

ah, yes. typical EBKAC / PEBKAC issue.

Trump's party still believe the courts should generally be able to check the power of U.S. presidents, but that many Republicans would support Trump defying a court order in order to deport people seen as a threat.

so, 76% of republicans reject the idea of due process. noted.

excellent read.