💡Update May 4, 2025: I have published quite the follow-up story, if I may say so myself: The Signal Clone the Trump Admin Uses Was Hacked Yesterday, I published an analysis of what I could publicly find about TM SGNL, the obscure and unofficial Signal app used by Mike Waltz,

Yesterday, I published an analysis of what I could publicly find about TM SGNL, the obscure and unofficial Signal app used by Mike Waltz, and presumably also by Pete Hegseth, JD Vance, Tulsi Gabbard, and other fascists in Trump’s government. Afterwards, someone privately sent me the URL https://www.telemessage.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Signal.zip.

  • Pennomi@lemmy.worldEnglish
    90·
    6 days ago

    The original git repo has a .il tld. Hmmm… I’m just gonna throw it out there, but an app created by foreign nationals might not be a good choice for top secret communication.

    • RustyShacklefordEnglish
      22·
      6 days ago

      It is if the official is being payed to lure fellow officials into making big security mistakes. Anyone who knows a sociopath knows they would sell their mom for a candy bar.

        • jagged_circle@feddit.nlEnglish
          23·
          5 days ago

          The government is buying it. And cryptocurrency companies. That’s a lot of money and a lot of eyes.

            • jagged_circle@feddit.nlEnglish
              11·
              5 days ago

              Yeah. That’s the story.

              We need to ensure the government only uses open source tools and we need more funding for security audits.