Matt Blaze
Again: The important question isn't "how did a reporter get added to a Signal group for discussing sensitive military operations?" (though that's certainly worth asking).
The big question is why Signal was used for discussing sensitive military operations in the first place, especially when everyone involved (except the reporter) had ready access to official classified communications systems.
Signal is great, but it's not designed to prevent this kind of screw up. The official systems are.
Aral Balkan
@mattblaze @queserasera Who cares, they’re just more dead Brown folk, amirite, Matt?
7646 people
NO. None of those are the important questions. The important question is
Why does the US military industrial complex fuel the bombing of Yemen to profit from arms sales and maintain geopolitical dominance, disregarding humanitarian consequences?
Matt Blaze
@queserasera Thanks for the information.
Carolyn
@mattblaze "apps like Signal are designed to facilitate communication with basically anyone on the internet who has the app, even if they're from different organizations, even if you've never met before...The systems for protecting classified communications, on the other hand, actually try to do the opposite. They have special features to restrict communications to ensure that it only goes to places that are authorized to get it."
You did a great job explaining this.
Matt Blaze
I did a brief pre-dawn explainer segment about Signal on NPR's Morning Edition the other day, which they seem to have recorded. Just basic stuff, but some may find it useful.
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/26/nx-s1-5340741/just-how-secure-is-the-messaging-app-signal
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