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

submitted 3 months ago by yonderbarn@lazysoci.al to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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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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[-] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 15 points 3 months ago

As others have mentioned, Signal is secure.

You need to set the group chat messages to auto-delete after a set amount of time. If you're really concerned, set it for hours instead of days. That way if these terrorists abduct you and force you to unlock your phone, they have a very limited pool of messages to view.

[-] ToTheGraveMyLove@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 months ago

GrapheneOS duress password goes brrrrrr.

[-] redparadise@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 3 months ago

If the group chat has been infiltrated though they can simply log the messages.

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