• Bogasse@lemmy.ml
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    5 days ago

    On Signal you can verify user identify, and you should absolutely do it if were to discuss national security maters.

    This is not a hidden feature, I think it’s designed to prevent man in the middle attack. It also work against the “oops I accidentally added a journalist to my conversation no one should know of”, which is so dumb that no one saw this coming 😅

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      4 days ago

      Dont use consumer apps for national security matters.

      There was a vulnerability identified in Signal last year that caused the British to discontinue its use. I dont trust the british government but I am wary of what they are wary of.

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        4 days ago

        At least it was Americans talking on an american platform. I wouldn’t be surprised if we had french Europeans leaders having occasionally this kind of discussions on Microsoft Teams or some Google chat.

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          4 days ago

          There was a case recently, related to Ukraine, of a general taking part in a secure video call on his hotel network and it being compromised.