Mike Waltz had a rough Thursday. A photographer caught him using a Signal-like interface to view chats on his phone. TeleMessage copies messages using a forked version of Signal. We found more details about this Israeli app tech.
So… this means the “disappearing messages”, are the correct way of doing this, right?
Encrypted message is sent
A copy of the message reaches several devices
TeleMessage makes an archival copy for record keeping
Message “disappears” (is deleted) from all devices
There can be issues raised about Signal itself, the ownership and operation of TeleMessage, or how the archival process works… but otherwise, it looks like a correct workflow.
For US government use, these kind of services would most likely be run to a separate server to run in a government-certified facility, ideally one certified with Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) or similar
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FedRAMP servers do not necessarily have to be in the United States
So… this means the “disappearing messages”, are the correct way of doing this, right?
There can be issues raised about Signal itself, the ownership and operation of TeleMessage, or how the archival process works… but otherwise, it looks like a correct workflow.
To where? Israeli servers?
From the article:
…so, maybe? 🤷