Notices by Ehay2k (ehay2k@mastodon.social)

@Urban_Hermit

GITMO has vacancies.

@Urban_Hermit

I'm actually not kidding. I agree that GITMO should have been shut down. Obama tried but cowards in Congress wouldn't support him.

But it's still here and we're paying for it. And conservatives still think it's a great place to put threats to national security. I would include in that group, people who have been given access to the country's most sensitive secrets. So, give 'em what they want!

@GossiTheDog @kchr @kimzetter

And again, I challenge you to show me ANYWHERE that #Signal is permitted for the processing or storage of non-public government information. The NSA memo (link below) explicitly calls out that it shall not be used even for *unclassified* (protected, FOUO, CUI) data. And that would apply to everybody in the national security apparatus.

Anybody stating anything to the contrary is a liar, a shill or both.

https://www.scribd.com/document/843124910/NSA-full

#nationalsecurity #cybersecurity

@GossiTheDog @kchr @kimzetter
Nope. Show me where #Signal is approved anywhere within the #USGovernment for official non-public communications.

#CISA is recommending best practices in the absence of any official guidelines: "Organizations may already have these best practices in place, such as secure communication platforms and multifactor authentication (MFA) policies."

And you can bet 100% that everybody in the national security apparatus has official policies and apps. Signal isn't one.

@GossiTheDog @kchr @kimzetter

JFC, that's from #Foxnews, so they whitewashed this small detail:

"Organizations may already have these best practices in place, such as secure communication
platforms and multifactor authentication (MFA) policies. In cases where organizations do not, apply the
following best practices to your mobile devices"

#Signal is absolutely NOT approved for DoD classified/SBU comms. It is recommended for personal, non official comms only
Stop spreading #misinformation

@GossiTheDog @kimzetter

And these were personal devices, because you can't install non-approved apps like #Signal on a government-issued device unless you illicitly bypass the device management system. And as personal devices, they are much more likely to be compromised because they are managed by people without any cybersecurity expertise. And because they're not monitored no one will know if they are compromised. It's just an awful cyber security rabbit hole.
They should all go to jail.

@kchr @GossiTheDog @kimzetter

I don't THINK it, I KNOW it, because it is NOT an approved app for government communications. Period. And you can't just install apps on government managed devices that handle classified (and even SBU) data. AND there was an NSA Opsec special bulletin warning DoD and intelligence staff about Signal vulnerabilities and that it was NOT TO BE USED for non-public official info

See this: https://www.npr.org/2025/03/25/nx-s1-5339801/pentagon-email-signal-vulnerability

But I'm betting you knew that.

#toodles #whackatroll

@br00t4c

Repeat after me fellow Americans: Peaceful protests are NOT illegal.

#1stamendment

@lowqualityfacts

At level 8 you no longer need a brain.

Which doesn't differentiate it much from level one.

@Pineywoozle @GottaLaff

And show up at every public appearance for every GOP representative and tell them to do their damn job.

If they're at all worried that Trump will "primary them", they'll be a lot more worried if their own voters tell them they're not going to vote for them.

@TexasObserver @stevanzetti

Great piece by the #texasobserver that outs a white supremacist, full-on racist who posts on Xitter. Who is this bigot? Why, he works as counsel for #ICE, naturally.

Let's see if he gets fired.

@Infoseepage @GottaLaff @DavidM_yeg @SnowshadowII

Ok. But negated by your purity test for Democrats.

@GottaLaff @DavidM_yeg @Infoseepage @SnowshadowII

My issue with these "what aboutism" people is that they are looking for perfect alignment of a candidate's policies/values and their own. If they don't get that, then they don't vote. Or worse, they convince others not to.

Another way to look at things without the "perfection lens": Was Biden a flawed but far better president than the 🍊 💩? Yes. Would Harris have been, well clearly now, that is the case.

Sometimes, you vote to keep the 💩 out.

@WarnerCrocker

As long as they fairly cover in detail her time as a Slovenian escort...

@jsrailton
Well, at least Microsoft lets you opt out.

And don't forget that Apple is sending ANYONE who asks, all the WiFi BSSIDS in the proximity of an AirTag. Even if you don't own an Air Tag, or any Apple products.

We have become the product that companies then sell.