Re: Morons Are Governing America
"The use of personal phones and commercial apps introduces unnecessary risk. Signal is considered unclassified by the government for a reason. It's clear that US government systems are having a hard time keeping up with the required pace of business."
No, senior leaders are just having a hard time obeying their own orders.
The problem with Signal is, due to its cross platform operation, the protocol will negotiate with the highest level of encryption available in common between each participant. Hence, if one client can only receive in the clear, all traffic then can go in the clear.
Meanwhile, we use by default and operational necessity higher bit key escrow systems, keeping as much as possible within one's enclave for classified communications beyond CUI on each security domain's own double encrypted network.
And I've watched dumbasses compromise each domain serially, via unauthorized removable devices crossing security domains in a decidedly unauthorized manner, resulting in mitigation efforts that for the first remediation, cost $1 billion and the second remediation because they still couldn't follow directives and orders, remains classified in cost to this day. After all, if one's superiors ignore orders, why should oneself follow them? And no, the network I was responsible for remained uninfected, because I did follow the orders given. Which meant, while the scofflaws got to put in tons of overtime to clean up their own mess, I was happily in my quarters enjoying a fine tipple.
And the scofflaws called me a cowboy, for following lawful orders to maintain just basic security. No wonder the company lost its contract and since, was absorbed by a competitor.