“Unmanaged ‘messaging apps,’ including any app with a chat feature, regardless of the primary function, are NOT authorized to access, transmit, process non-public DoD information. This includes but is not limited to messaging, gaming, and social media apps. (i.e., iMessage, WhatsApps, Signal),” according to a 2023 DoD . NPR that just days after the Signal chat on March 15, the Pentagon issued a warning that a “vulnerability has been identified in the Signal Messenger Application” and that “Russian professional hacking groups are employing the ‘linked devices’ features to spy on encrypted conversations.”, Signal, unlike meta or apple, is run by a nonprofit that’s aim is to protect privacy. Government officials do use it to set up sensitive meetings or alert each other to check for classified information elsewhere., Officials used Signal to discuss military plans—then blamed the journalist they accidentally included. But the real scandal? A deliberate dodge of public accountability..