Encryption has become available to almost anyone since the Snowden leaks showed the vulnerability of modern communication. That fact was on display as special counsel Robert Mueller explained why he couldn't get to the bottom of some well known Trump-Russia contacts.
White House senior adviser Jared Kushner By Craig Timberg and Craig Timberg National reporter covering technology Email Bio Follow Drew Harwell Drew Harwell National technology reporter covering artificial intelligence Email Bio Follow April 19 at 11:28 AM Special Counsel Robert S. Mueller III detailed multiple contacts among Russian operatives and associates of President Trump in the report made public Thursday.
Even the popular messaging apps Apple builds into iPhones — iMessage and FaceTime — are encrypted, making them far more secure than ordinary phone texting. Mueller rarely named specific encryption tools in his report, but such popular ones as Signal and WhatsApp are used widely in Washington and by government officials —spies, diplomats, investigators and others — around the world, though federal law requires that some official U.S. government communications be saved and kept available for subsequent review.
The Mueller report said, “The investigation did not uncover evidence of Manafort's passing along information about Ukrainian peace plans to the candidate or anyone else in the Campaign or the Administration. The Office was not, however, able to gain access to all of Manafort's electronic communications .”
With the Trump team's use of encryption,"you might also be happy that the Russian government doesn't have access to the presidential campaign's personal communications," he said."There are benefits of the technology in preventing against threat actors, too. It's critical to make sure that we're hearing both sides of that conversation."
Both men said they didn't know where the messages had gone. Bannon said he also used his personal email account and Blackberry phone for work-related messages, which he"took no steps to preserve."
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