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5 months agoPentagon IG Concludes Pete Hegseth Risked Sensitive Information, Could Have Endangered Troops
Pete Hegseth used Signal to share classified operational details about a Yemen bombing, risking troop safety and mission security without documented declassification.
fromThe Verge
6 months ago'There isn't really another choice:' Signal chief explains why the encrypted messenger relies on AWS
"The problem here is not that Signal 'chose' to run on AWS," Whittaker writes in a series of posts on Bluesky. "The problem is the concentration of power in the infrastructure space that means there isn't really another choice: the entire stack, practically speaking, is owned by 3-4 players." "The question isn't 'why does Signal use AWS?'" Whittaker writes. "It's to look at the infrastructural requirements of any global, real-time, mass comms platform and ask how it is that we got to a place where there's no realistic alternative to AWS and the other hyperscalers."
Tech industry
fromComputerworld
6 months agoSignal: We have no choice but to use AWS
Last week, the privacy-focused messaging service Signal was temporarily shut down when Amazon Web Services (AWS) suffered a major outage. This led to criticism of Signal's use of such a dominant provider as AWS.
Privacy technologies
fromemptywheel
7 months agoLindsey the Insurance Lawyer Gets into Signal Trouble - emptywheel
All messages on the messaging platform Signal and any app that can interface with Signal or otherwise borrow its technology sent or received by U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan regarding government business . American Oversight requests that all images, videos, audio recordings, or other attachments regarding official government business shared via Signal, including any app that can interface with Signal or otherwise borrow its technology , be produced in response to this request.
US politics
fromBusiness Insider
7 months agoI'm the president of Signal. I love dance music in the mornings, night yoga, and acting like a tourist - here's a day in my life.
In July 2006, I accepted a job offer at Google that brought me into tech after an arts and humanities education. I climbed the ladder at Google to found Google's Open Research Group, working on issues related to measurement, privacy, and AI. In 2016, I cofounded the AI Now Research Institute at NYU, the first university-based research institute to examine broader social and political economic considerations surrounding AI.
Artificial intelligence
fromTheregister
8 months agoSignal will store 100MB of messages free; 100GB at $1.99/mo
Encrypted messaging app Signal is rolling out a free storage system for its users, with extra space if folks are willing to pay for it. The company will gift all users 100MB of free storage for images, video, GIFs and other media from the prior 45 days of use. Signal users can choose to delete their messages after a set period. The new storage feature is opt-in to preserve that preference.
Information security
US politics
fromAbove the Law
9 months agoICE Goes Full Hegseth: Adds Random Person To Group Chat Discussing Ongoing Manhunt - Above the Law
Senior Trump administration officials repeatedly mishandle operational security by sharing sensitive military and law enforcement discussions with unauthorized civilians and family members.
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