Officials in the former president’s administration, though, said they never used the app for classified information — and certainly never for war plans.
How dare you allow us to make this incredibly stupid mistake?!
Never fucking mind also apparently just not fucking knowing about the JWICS that’s designed for this exact motherfucking purpose.
They see that as waste.
“Why do we need to spend all this money on custom coms gear, software, and standards when an off-the-shelf mobile phone bought from a rando retailer with unknown supply chain (likely manufactured in an adversarial country) and using a commercial app not vetted for sensitive government use is cheaper?”
They see that as waste.
“Why do we need to spend all this money on custom coms gear, software, and standards when an off-the-shelf mobile phone bought from a rando retailer with unknown supply chain (likely manufactured in an adversarial country) and using a commercial app not vetted for sensitive government use is cheaper?”
The supply chain comment makes me wonder if they might need new pagers soon.
I can’t remember the last time a reporter accidentally got on a jwics message chain.