U.S. Government Officially Recommends Signal - What This Means For You (Patreon)

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is recommending all Americans to use Signal for secure communications along with many other privacy and security practices. This is my first dive into the broader privacy guide. In future episodes, I am gonna be evaluating other steps and give you my further analysis.

Sources:

Mobile Communications Best Practice Guidance

https://www.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/2024-12/guidance-mobile-communications-best-practices.pdf

Joint Statement from FBI and CISA on the People's Republic of China (PRC) Targeting of Commercial Telecommunications Infrastructure

https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/news/joint-statement-fbi-and-cisa-peoples-republic-china-prc-targeting-commercial-telecommunications

U.S. Wiretap Systems Targeted in China-Linked Hack

https://www.wsj.com/tech/cybersecurity/u-s-wiretap-systems-targeted-in-china-linked-hack-327fc63b

Salt Typhoon Hack Shows There's No Security Backdoor That's Only For The "Good Guys"

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/10/salt-typhoon-hack-shows-theres-no-security-backdoor-thats-only-good-guys