💡Update May 4, 2025: I have published quite the follow-up story, if I may say so myself: The Signal Clone the Trump Admin Uses Was Hacked

Yesterday, I published an analysis of what I could publicly find about TM SGNL, the obscure and unofficial Signal app…

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💡Update May 3, 2025: I have posted a follow-up, Here's the source code for the unofficial Signal app used by Trump officials.

Update May 4, 2025: Another followup, and a big one: The Signal Clone the Trump Admin Uses Was Hacked

Yesterday, a Reuters photographer…

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