“Unless you are using #GPG, email is not end-to-end encrypted, & the contents of a message can be intercepted & read at many points, including on Google’s email servers,” said Eva Galperin, director of #cybersecurity at the Electronic Frontier Foundation.

#NationalSecurity experts have expressed alarm over the #Trump admin’s denial that the leaked #Signal chat contained #classified information.

#Gmail #Signalgate #Signal #OpSec #InfoSec #military #idiocracy #kakistocracy

Data #security experts have expressed alarm that US #NationalSecurity professionals are not…[just]…using the govt’s suite of secure encrypted systems for work communications such as JWICS, the Joint Worldwide Intelligence Communications System.

Most concerning, however, is the use of personal email, which is widely acknowledged to be susceptible to hacking, spearfishing & other types of digital compromise.

#Gmail #Signalgate #Signal #OpSec #InfoSec #military #Trump #idiocracy #kakistocracy

The use of personal email, even for unclassified materials, is risky given the premium value foreign #intelligence services place on the communications & schedules of senior govt ofcls, such as the #NationalSecurity adviser, experts say.

…Waltz has also created & hosted other #Signal chats w/Cabinet members on sensitive topics, including on #Somalia & #Russia’s war in #Ukraine, said a senior #Trump admin official.

#Gmail #Signalgate #OpSec #InfoSec #military #idiocracy #kakistocracy

#MikeWaltz has had less sensitive, but potentially exploitable information sent to his #Gmail, such as his schedule & other work documents, said ofcls, who, like others, spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe what they viewed as problematic handling of information. The ofcls said Waltz would sometimes copy & paste from his schedule into #Signal to coordinate meetings & discussions.

#Signalgate #NationalSecurity #OpSec #InfoSec #military #Trump #idiocracy #kakistocracy

A snr #MikeWaltz aide used the commercial email service for highly technical conversations w/colleagues at other govt agencies involving sensitive #military positions & powerful #weapons systems relating to an ongoing conflict, acc/to emails reviewed by WaPo. While the #NSC official used his #Gmail account, his interagency colleagues used govt-issued accounts, headers from the email correspondence show.

#Gmail #Signalgate #Signal #NationalSecurity #OpSec #InfoSec #Trump #idiocracy #kakistocracy

The use of #Gmail, a FAR LESS secure method of communication than the encrypted messaging app #Signal [which isn’t secure enough for these kinds of comms either], is the latest example of questionable #security practices by top #NationalSecurity ofcls already under fire for the mistaken inclusion of a journalist in a group chat about high-level planning for #military ops in Yemen.

#Signalgate #Signal #OpSec #InfoSec #military #Trump #idiocracy #kakistocracy

Members of #Trump’s #NationalSecurity Council #NSC, including WH #NationalSecurity adviser #MikeWaltz, have conducted govt business over personal #Gmail accounts, acc/to documents reviewed by WaPo & interviews with three #US officials.

#Signalgate #Signal #OpSec #military #idiocracy #kakistocracy

Unsurprisingly, it keeps getting worse

#MikeWaltz & staff used #Gmail for government communications

#Trump’s #NationalSecurity adviser is trying to manage his way out of a crisis. But new revelations about his team’s operational security are piling up.

#Signalgate #Signal #OpSec #military #idiocracy #kakistocracy
washingtonpost.com/national-se…

#Trump declines to commit to #Taiwan's #defense if #China invades

Source: focustaiwan.tw/cross-strait/202502270007

#usa #politics #military #future #invasion #news #war #warfare

#Trump stood by his #NationalSecurity adviser, #MichaelWaltz, Tues, calling him a “good man” a day after a report that he & other senior admin ofcls used the commercial messaging app #Signal to discuss secret #military plans for Yemen & inadvertently included a journalist in the group chat. During an interview Trump also said Waltz had “learned a lesson.”

#SignalGate #Signal #NationalSecurity #idiocracy #kakistocracy

Asked if #NationalSecurity Adviser #MikeWaltz owed an apology, #Trump said, “I don’t think he should apologize. I think he’s doing his best.”

Trump added that he thinks “we won’t be using it very much,” referring to the #Signal app.

#Waltz said the team is looking into “how in the heck” a journalist ended up in a group text chain on the Signal app where top ofcls were discussing plans for #military strikes against #Iran-backed #Houthi rebels in #Yemen.

[Waltz added him]
#NationalSecurity

Low-Cost #Drone Add-Ons From #China Let Anyone With a Credit Card Turn Toys Into Weapons of #War

source: wired.com/story/drone-accessor…

#military #news #economy #trade #online

#Boasberg says just return the planes then figure out the answer, rather than simply ignoring the order.

#DOJ then says that isn't what they're arguing & then shifts to their third argument, which is inherent presidential authority to move military forces.

/again, these were not #military flights!

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#law #Constitution #ChecksAndBalances #JudicialBranch #Judiciary #SeparationOfPowers #AbuseOfPower #Trump #AlienEnemiesAct