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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[–] 14 points 9 months ago (13 children)

Good luck trying to decrypt the texts

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  • [–] 16 points 9 months ago (3 children)

    They’re hoping to be add to the chat by error

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  • [–] 5 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    I see. Hopefully the group catches news of this

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  • [–] 6 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    Don't need to decrypt anything if someone gets caught with an easy phone unlock or flips. End to end means end to end. With the size of some of the groups and potential to infiltrate, I would assume that the comms are already compromised to one degree or another. If you get one of the ends, encryption means nothing. I bet kash's FBI just doesn't know who has it yet.

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago (4 children)

    The metadata alone can give them plenty

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  • [–] 0 points 9 months ago (3 children)

    Metadata is encrypted on signal

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

    You're probably thinking of things like in-app metadata like message timestamps or internal signal protocol stuff or something... But that's not what I'm referring to.

    For example, Signal and whatsapp can leak device and app activity (which can be surprisingly serious given most mobile AFU vulnerabilities)

    And as an example by comparison: Session et al have better anonymity and transit-metadata obfuscation

    To further explain what i mean: the Katzenpost network is being developed with post-quantum encryption and puts strong emphasis on metadata security... The latter is a significantly more challenging problem than just sending encrypted packets.

    Say the line Bart

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