Does that even matter, you have end to end encryption. Could be open for the whole world to see, if they do not have the private keys it is as good as seeing nothing. Or am I wrong.

[–] Cort@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

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

[–] notaviking@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

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...

[–] Charlxmagne@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

That's why the NSA collects all traffic including whats encrypted, good thing Signal has post-quantum encryption. It's not about that though the US govt had blocked it on their network so he just bypassed those restrictions.