A tech company with ties to Israeli intelligence, TeleMessage’s riskier app appears to be favored by Trump’s national security team.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/29486510

Jason Paladino
May 02, 2025

“During Wednesday’s meeting for Trump’s cabinet, Mike Waltz checked the app on his phone, using what appeared to be Signal. As news broke that Waltz had lost his job as National Security Advisor, images from the cabinet meeting circulated widely online on Thursday. Upon closer inspection of the photos, it turned out that Waltz was not using the traditional Signal app. He appeared to be using an archiving app made by Israeli firm TeleMessage, which sells companion apps meant to enable archiving messages.”

  • NJSpradlin@lemmy.worldEnglish
    21·
    23 days ago

    This is partly why they didn’t remove him entirely (or kill him outright) from gov’t work. They want a close eye on their cronies who have or could have receipts for blackmail purposes (both directions here).

    • jaybone@lemmy.zipEnglish
      17·
      23 days ago

      What good are receipts when there are no consequences? Putin could put the underaged pee tapes on YouTube and it wouldn’t matter.

      • NJSpradlin@lemmy.worldEnglish
        5·
        23 days ago

        Then why hasn’t he? They still have leverage on Trump and that’s why you see him dancing to Russia’s tune every now and then.

        • jaybone@lemmy.zipEnglish
          23·
          23 days ago

          Nah I just don’t buy the kompromat stories anymore. There is nothing Putin can release that would be a problem for Trump. He never sees any legal consequences and his followers never turn on him regardless of all of his crimes.

        • grue@lemmy.worldEnglish
          12·
          23 days ago

          Trump dances to Putin’s tune because he’s a fanboi who loves Russia and authoritarianism. He doesn’t need kompromat to betray the US; he’s happy to do it.

          • lemonaz@lemmy.worldEnglish
            3·
            22 days ago

            I subscribe to this belief too. There’s no way in hell that an experienced spy like Putin would have any trouble manipulating the easiest to manipulate person on the planet (literally just flatter him). Plus, Putin is exactly the kind of guy who Trump wants to emulate, so he naturally looks up to him.

    • rottingleaf@lemmy.worldEnglish
      52·
      23 days ago

      Strong deja vu with Russia. I thought the expansion strategy of Putin’s relatives\friends won’t prove successful in other places.

      OK, nothing new, these things were in every second movie from 1960s-now touching upon power and governments and mafia. Just something went wrong, either in the balance or we see more.