A non-encrypted email server under a desk with a rogue email address where foreign officials have written that is not a .gov domain, not monitored, not seizable, is like deleting evidence. It’s possibly accessory to treason when you are Minister of State.
Using Signal is still against all rules, but at least it’s not unencrypted.
It proves that all governments bypass monitoring of their communications, even Google’s CEO when they discussed by auto-deleted chats.
Hmm. Well the issue is that he's using Signal, and that it's on a consumer grade phone, that is akin to deleting evidence.
But at this point disappearing message is more like limiting how bad this behavior is rather than aggravating circumstances.
I mean he's wrong to be using that setup but if using it I much prefer those illegal messages not be present anymore when he loses his phone or something.
It is illegal to destroy records of US government communications, especially at a high level, without first receiving approval from the National Archives.
I realize that government is terrified of the Captains of Industry, but it really should have cracked down on that hard and made it clear that if it happened again, the next crackdown would guarantee there wouldn't be a third repeat.
Using Signal is still against all rules, but at least it’s not unencrypted.
It proves that all governments bypass monitoring of their communications, even Google’s CEO when they discussed by auto-deleted chats.