ricard.social is one of the many independent Mastodon servers you can use to participate in the fediverse.
This is the private Mastodon instance of Ricard Torres.

Administered by:

Server stats:

1
active users

#gmail

11 posts3 participants0 posts today
Nonilex<p>“Unless you are using <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GPG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GPG</span></a>, email is not end-to-end encrypted, &amp; the contents of a message can be intercepted &amp; read at many points, including on Google’s email servers,” said Eva Galperin, director of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/cybersecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cybersecurity</span></a> at the Electronic Frontier Foundation.<br>
<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSecurity</span></a> experts have expressed alarm over the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin’s denial that the leaked <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Signal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Signal</span></a> chat contained <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/classified" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>classified</span></a> information.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Gmail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gmail</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Signalgate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Signalgate</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Signal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Signal</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/OpSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpSec</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/InfoSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InfoSec</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>military</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/idiocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>idiocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/kakistocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kakistocracy</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Data <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>security</span></a> experts have expressed alarm that US <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSecurity</span></a> professionals are not…[just]…using the govt’s suite of secure encrypted systems for work communications such as JWICS, the Joint Worldwide Intelligence Communications System.<br>
Most concerning, however, is the use of personal email, which is widely acknowledged to be susceptible to hacking, spearfishing &amp; other types of digital compromise.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Gmail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gmail</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Signalgate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Signalgate</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Signal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Signal</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/OpSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpSec</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/InfoSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InfoSec</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>military</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/idiocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>idiocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/kakistocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kakistocracy</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The use of personal email, even for unclassified materials, is risky given the premium value foreign <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/intelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>intelligence</span></a> services place on the communications &amp; schedules of senior govt ofcls, such as the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSecurity</span></a> adviser, experts say.</p><p>…Waltz has also created &amp; hosted other <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Signal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Signal</span></a> chats w/Cabinet members on sensitive topics, including on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Somalia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Somalia</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a>’s war in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a>, said a senior <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin official.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Gmail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gmail</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Signalgate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Signalgate</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/OpSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpSec</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/InfoSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InfoSec</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>military</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/idiocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>idiocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/kakistocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kakistocracy</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MikeWaltz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MikeWaltz</span></a> has had less sensitive, but potentially exploitable information sent to his <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Gmail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gmail</span></a>, such as his schedule &amp; other work documents, said ofcls, who, like others, spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe what they viewed as problematic handling of information. The ofcls said Waltz would sometimes copy &amp; paste from his schedule into <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Signal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Signal</span></a> to coordinate meetings &amp; discussions.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Signalgate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Signalgate</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/OpSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpSec</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/InfoSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InfoSec</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>military</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/idiocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>idiocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/kakistocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kakistocracy</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>A snr <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MikeWaltz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MikeWaltz</span></a> aide used the commercial email service for highly technical conversations w/colleagues at other govt agencies involving sensitive <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>military</span></a> positions &amp; powerful <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/weapons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>weapons</span></a> systems relating to an ongoing conflict, acc/to emails reviewed by WaPo. While the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NSC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NSC</span></a> official used his <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Gmail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gmail</span></a> account, his interagency colleagues used govt-issued accounts, headers from the email correspondence show.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Gmail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gmail</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Signalgate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Signalgate</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Signal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Signal</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/OpSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpSec</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/InfoSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InfoSec</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/idiocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>idiocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/kakistocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kakistocracy</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The use of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Gmail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gmail</span></a>, a FAR LESS secure method of communication than the encrypted messaging app <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Signal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Signal</span></a> [which isn’t secure enough for these kinds of comms either], is the latest example of questionable <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>security</span></a> practices by top <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSecurity</span></a> ofcls already under fire for the mistaken inclusion of a journalist in a group chat about high-level planning for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>military</span></a> ops in Yemen.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Signalgate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Signalgate</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Signal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Signal</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/OpSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpSec</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/InfoSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InfoSec</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>military</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/idiocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>idiocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/kakistocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kakistocracy</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Members of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSecurity</span></a> Council <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NSC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NSC</span></a>, including WH <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSecurity</span></a> adviser <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MikeWaltz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MikeWaltz</span></a>, have conducted govt business over personal <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Gmail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gmail</span></a> accounts, acc/to documents reviewed by WaPo &amp; interviews with three <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> officials.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Signalgate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Signalgate</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Signal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Signal</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/OpSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpSec</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>military</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/idiocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>idiocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/kakistocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kakistocracy</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Unsurprisingly, it keeps getting worse</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MikeWaltz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MikeWaltz</span></a> &amp; staff used <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Gmail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gmail</span></a> for government communications<br>
<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSecurity</span></a> adviser is trying to manage his way out of a crisis. But new revelations about his team’s operational security are piling up.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Signalgate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Signalgate</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Signal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Signal</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/OpSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpSec</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>military</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/idiocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>idiocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/kakistocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kakistocracy</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/04/01/waltz-national-security-council-signal-gmail/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">washingtonpost.com/national-se</span><span class="invisible">curity/2025/04/01/waltz-national-security-council-signal-gmail/</span></a></p>