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The FBI is investigating Minnesota Signal chats tracking ICE, Patel says (www.nbcnews.com)

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FBI Director Kash Patel said Monday that he had opened an investigation into the Signal group text chats that Minnesota residents are using to share information about federal immigration agents’ movements, launching a new front in the Trump administration’s conflict there with potential free speech implications.

Patel said in an interview with conservative podcaster Benny Johnson that he wanted to know whether any Minnesota residents had put federal agents “in harm’s way” with activities such as sharing agents’ license plate numbers and locations.

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[-] THX1138@lemmy.ml 32 points 2 days ago

joined the chats

Typically, law enforcement officers access Signal chats by obtaining a group chat member’s unlocked phone, being directly included in the group chat, or receiving copies from a participant.

From The Guardian: "The FBI has allegedly claimed that information related to the “courtwatch” Signal chat was given to them by a “sensitive source with excellent access” and said that they filed the report as a warning about “extremist actors targeting law enforcement officers and federal facilities.”

Signal itself Is secure. Like everything, however, human elements can still be penetrated. No protocol no matter how secure can protect you from a spy infiltrating a group, or a group member being coerced into handing over the content of the chats.

[-] artyom@piefed.social 5 points 2 days ago

Signal itself Is secure.

I didn't say it wasn't. The problem is when exactly this happens and then people doxx themselves in the chat.

No protocol no matter how secure can protect you from a spy infiltrating a group

SimpleX protects you by not requiring a phone number, and by supporting multiple and anonymous accounts.

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