TeleMessage, a modified Signal clone used by US government officials, has been hacked

https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/05/telemessage-a-modified-signal-clone-used-by-us-government-officials-has-been-hacked/

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cm0002@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 1y

Well I am just shocked, SHOCKED I say!...well....not that shocked

MTK@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Classic Goverment / Army. Taking a perfectly thing and finding tge absolute worst version of it to use.

admin@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 1y

Isn't that a byproduct/effect of capitalism? You could say the same thing about Walmart.

Classic Goverment / Army. Walmart. Taking a perfectly thing and finding the absolute worst supplier that will make it for the bottom of the barrel lowest price.

sunzu2@thebrainbin.org · 9 pts · 1y (1 reply)
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admin@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 1y

A couple hundred thousand at least, plus setup, on boarding and monthly maintenance fees if I could take a guess.

chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 6 pts · 1y

The hack revealed that the archived chat logs are not end-to-end encrypted between the modded version of Signal that TeleMessage offers and the ultimate location where it stores the messages

lol wasn't that supposed to be the whole point, what are they even doing

homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y

Morans.

OhVenus_Baby@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 1y

What was the point if modifying it though? Is the stock version, or even molly not good enough? Is there something not as good with those versions that they really needed a modified version?