DeadGator401
Really? No comments on the Signal Scandal? Seriously?
According to a contact familiar with the Signal app (Army reservist who uses it on a regular basis), it is the “official” texting app for the military (and possibly other federal government) and comes preloaded on their government issued phones. It is required to be used for non classified communications because of being encrypted. It is not used for any classified communications, which requires using a different app (he mentioned the name, but I don’t recall it specifically — something like black box).
As for Signal, he said that whomever originates the text group must 1) send out requests to the participants and 2) must admit those to those whom were requested to the actual conversation. He likened it to the process of a private, invitation only Zoom session where participants must be invited, then admitted by the host. In other words, there is only one gatekeeper and the others have no control over who is invited or admitted.
So, I guess, the questions become — who hosted the text group? Was it one of the participants directly that invited then admitted the reporter ? Was it a staffer of one of the participants? Why was the reporter’s contact information in whomever set up the text group contact list? Why was the invitation sent out? Why were they admitted (takes a deliberate action to do so)?
The questions ought to be easy to answer.