50
Pete Hegseth reportedly had unsecured office internet line to connect to Signal
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 25 Apr 2025
50 points (100.0% liked)
The Guardian - US
101 readers
121 users here now
Latest US news, breaking news and current affairs coverage from theguardian.com
founded 3 months ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
If there was no problem using signal, then the Pentagon wouldn't block it on their networks, so he wouldn't need a separate Internet line.
I think it's about accountability and record keeping. He's not sending data over the internal network because he could later be required to turn over the encryption keys, which would allow decryption of any communications logged and retained (as required by law) that were sent over the DOD network.
Essentially an attempt to bypass FOIA
Ok I am not an American so I did not know about "FOIA". I thought everyone was scared about him accessing the internet directly, which is a security risk, did not know it was so that he could bypass record keeping. Can the Pentagon not ask him for his private encryption keys and then redirect his communication through today's sponsor NordVPN...