One of the most basic tenets of cybersecurity is that you must “consider your threat model” when trying to keep your data and your communications safe, and then take appropriate steps to protect yourself.
This means you need to consider who you are, what you are talking about, and who may want to know that information (potential adversaries) for any given account, conversation, etc. The precautions you want to take to protect yourself if you are a random person messaging your partner about what you want to eat for dinner may be different than those you’d want to take, if, hypothetically, you are the Secretary of Defense of the United States or a National Security Advisor talking to top administration officials about your plans for bombing an apartment building in Yemen.
This is one of the greatest headlines in the history of tech journalism.
Its actually perfect. No notes. No possible improvements.
This deserves some kind of award.
I recall hearing that professional poker players hate playing against novices, because novices are so unpredictable. It’s really hard to plan a defense against someone(s) who are so incompetent that you have no idea what’s going to happen.
That’s why I win at poker. I don’t know what I’m doing, so I’m always putting most of my chips in, whether I have nothing, or a pair of 2s.
That’s probably why you lose at poker, too.
That’s why drunk poker is so much fun lol. (Note: Don’t bet too much money. And only play with friends, if possible.)
I actually got kicked out from a poker club in college because of this. I wasn’t “playing properly”.
MAGA Administration Secure Communication Assessment Procedure:
- Are you Hillary Clinton?
☐ Yes ☐ No
If No, discontinue assessment and do whatever the fuck you want.
- Are you Hillary Clinton?
Military gear generally has tons of anti-moron safeguards. Unfortunately, Signal is for civilians.
Which also means these conversations were on an unapproved app on an unapproved device. Actual government phones wouldn’t be able to get Signal, right?
Government secure phones are special hardware made by the NSA. They are nothing like civilian phones. Obama got the NSA to lock down his Blackberry but I doubt that is doable with today’s mainstream smartphones.
I actually wouldn’t be shocked if it was possible with modern smartphones. A significant amount of money is available to be made from federal security work, and meeting the NSA criteria has benefits that extend to companies that work in the federal security space as well.
The last stu-3 stopped working in 2009.
Yes they have different stuff now, but same idea.
As long as you can flash them, everything’s possible.
In that spirit: Fuck Apple to hell.
I have a government-issued iPhone. It has Signal on it, and I have access to the appstore. It’s also not allowed to be used for anything but unclassified communication and isn’t permitted inside restricted areas.
By 2028 “alcoholic idiot” will be the only condition still protected by the ADA.
Finally, the recognition I deserve
Another 9/11 scale fuckup is all but guaranteed, mark my words.
Yup, people are going to die, and it is going to be their fault… and they won’t care. Maybe the American people will. 🤔
Americans will be pissed, but at the end of the day nothing measurable will come of it. We’d have to be straight starving to get off our asses and get shit done.
And by then they’ll already have declared martial law.
That’s gonna happen when a riot occurs or a protest gets violent. Presidents can do it for any length of time, and only Congress has the power to reign them in. And of course, none of them would do that, so it’s “Marshall” Law until they crown Trump or Vance emperor.
I’m cool with starving, just don’t touch my internet service.
But her emails, but Benghazi.
this is what we used to call a “layer 8” issue
Can we just imagine if al Qaeda had added a journalist to their group chat regarding a bombing?
