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https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/after-signal-controversy-do-private-conversations-online-exist-anymore-5.jpg?resize=243,168 243w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/after-signal-controversy-do-private-conversations-online-exist-anymore-5.jpg?resize=487,337 487w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/after-signal-controversy-do-private-conversations-online-exist-anymore-5.jpg?resize=975,675 975w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/after-signal-controversy-do-private-conversations-online-exist-anymore-5.jpg?resize=1218,843 1218w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 975px) 100vw, 975px\"><figcaption> (Photo by Edward Smith\/Getty Images) <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"single-article__content\">\n<div class=\"single-article__content-inner has-drop-cap\"> <html readability=\"52.807847295864\"><body readability=\"106.06160929621\"><\/p>\n<p>Every day, we place our trust in technology. Whether in the boardroom or the living room, technology has become the linchpin of security that protects our most sensitive and private information.<\/p>\n<p>And more so than any time in our history, that goes for our conversations, too. Intimate discussions with our spouse or romantic partner. Collaboration with colleagues on a proprietary work product. Details of a health condition with medical providers. An inappropriate inside joke made between friends. <\/p>\n<p>The recent controversy surrounding the use of Signal by government officials raises a somewhat existential question: Is today\u2019s technology so sophisticated we\u2019ve made it impossible to have a truly private, 100% secure conversation anywhere online?<\/p>\n<p>This controversy offers a timely and illustrative example of the vulnerabilities every time you have a conversation through a messaging app.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad ad--inline_1 \">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Advertisement<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Fundamentally, how do we know the person we\u2019re talking to at the other end of the device is who they say they are? We now know from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2025\/apr\/06\/signal-group-chat-leak-how-it-happened\">recent reporting<\/a> in <em>The Guardian<\/em> that National Security Advisor Michael Waltz mislabeled journalist Jeffrey Goldberg\u2019s number in his phone. We\u2019re all moving fast; it\u2019s an innocent mistake we\u2019ve all done at some point.<\/p>\n<p>However, in this case, a single point of failure led to widespread compromise, embarrassing disclosures and the release of sensitive information that could have disrupted military operations and put peoples\u2019 lives at risk.<\/p>\n<p>Using an even wider lens, the incident was possible because the encrypted app relies on cell phone numbers as the common identifier. Phone numbers, email addresses, and other similar login credentials can be hacked or compromised. Bad actors \u2014 whether nation-states or criminal groups \u2014 are actively exploiting the technology we rely on to access our most personal information.<\/p>\n<p>Artificial intelligence compounds the risks.<\/p>\n<p>Consider the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/02\/04\/asia\/deepfake-cfo-scam-hong-kong-intl-hnk\/index.html\">recent deepfake incident<\/a> where a convincing AI-generated video mimicked a CFO\u2019s voice, successfully deceiving an executive into authorizing a multimillion-dollar wire transfer. Creating such deepfakes no longer requires significant resources \u2014 accessible software can now realistically replicate identities from brief voice samples or public video clips. This ease of forgery turns everyday digital tools, especially group chats, into prime targets for AI-driven chaos.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad ad--inline_1 \">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Advertisement<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>No one is immune to these rising threats. This controversy laid bare how easy top government secrets can be inadvertently shared through unsecure conversations online. Across industries, from finance to technology, decisions that shape the world unfold in similar threads. Billions hinge on a message; strategies coalesce in a shared screen.<\/p>\n<p>So back to the original question: Are we too far gone to ever have genuinely private, secure conversations again?<\/p>\n<p>To reject this premise, we must reject aspects of conventional wisdom as well.<\/p>\n<p>After all, it was not so long ago many of us made our computer login password, \u201cpassword.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biometrics \u2014 face scans and fingerprints \u2014 ought to replace the brittle scaffolding of phone numbers and passwords. We\u2019re seeing similar upgrades at airports around the country. <\/p>\n<div class=\"ad ad--inline_1 \">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Advertisement<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Automatic two-factor authentication has proven to be insufficient, which means there must be some <em>trusted<\/em> way to verify people are who they say they are online. Our challenge in this new age of digital security is how do we translate trust offline \u2014 trust built primarily on personal relationships \u2014 into a completely secure online forum.<\/p>\n<p>The messaging apps, email systems and communications platforms being used by 99% of this country right now have not yet solved this challenge.<\/p>\n<p>But if the incident had one glaring takeaway, it\u2019s this: finding that solution should be an urgent priority.<\/p>\n<p>The breakthroughs that new tech makes possible in our everyday lives are remarkable, from how to travel, to how we consume information, to how we stay healthy. Ignoring the equally remarkable risks that those same breakthroughs present cannot be an option.<\/p>\n<p>We cannot await the inevitable. All of us must confront the inadequacy of the digital rooms where our conversations and the decisions that affect us reside. Only then, when asked if a private conversation happening online is truly private, can we respond with a confident, unwavering, clear-eyed, and resounding \u201cYES.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad ad--inline_1 \">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Advertisement<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>Ari Andersen is the co-founder and CEO of Kibu, a biometrics-based encrypted communications and collaboration platform<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p> <\/body> <\/p>\n<footer class=\"single-article__footer\" readability=\"1.7254901960784\">\n<div class=\"author-card\" readability=\"9\">\n<div class=\"author-card__avatar\">\n<figure class=\"author-card__image-wrap\"> <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-card__image\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/after-signal-controversy-do-private-conversations-online-exist-anymore-1.jpg?w=640&ssl=1\" alt=\"Ari Andersen\"> <\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><h4 class=\"author-card__name\">Written by Ari Andersen<\/h4>\n<p> Ari Andersen is the co-founder and CEO of Kibu, a biometrics-based encrypted messaging app. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"single-article__tags-container\">\n<h4 class=\"single-article__tags-title\">In This Story<\/h4>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<p> <\/html><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"single-article__ads js-single-article-sidebar\">\n<div class=\"ad ad--sidebar js-single-article-sidebar-5 ad--rightrail_1 \">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Advertisement<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ad ad--sidebar js-single-article-sidebar-4 ad--rightrail_2 \">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Advertisement<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ad ad--sidebar js-single-article-sidebar-3 ad--rightrail_3 \">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Advertisement<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"popular-stories popular-stories--single-post\">\n<div class=\"popular-stories__container\">\n<h2 class=\"popular-stories__title\"> More Scoops <\/h2>\n<div class=\"popular-stories__stories\">\n<div class=\"popular-stories__cards\">\n<article class=\"post-item post-item--popular-stories-cards \" readability=\"22.98046875\">\n<figure class=\"post-item__thumbnail\"> <a class=\"post-item__thumbnail-link\" href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/signal-chat-house-intelligence-tulsi-gabbard-chrissy-houlahan\/\" tabindex=\"-1\"> <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"506\" height=\"337\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/after-signal-controversy-do-private-conversations-online-exist-anymore-2.jpg?resize=506%2C337&ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-ratio-16-9-md size-ratio-16-9-md wp-post-image\" alt decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/after-signal-controversy-do-private-conversations-online-exist-anymore-6.jpg 5760w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/after-signal-controversy-do-private-conversations-online-exist-anymore-6.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/after-signal-controversy-do-private-conversations-online-exist-anymore-6.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/after-signal-controversy-do-private-conversations-online-exist-anymore-6.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/after-signal-controversy-do-private-conversations-online-exist-anymore-6.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/after-signal-controversy-do-private-conversations-online-exist-anymore-6.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/after-signal-controversy-do-private-conversations-online-exist-anymore-6.jpg?resize=600,400 600w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/after-signal-controversy-do-private-conversations-online-exist-anymore-6.jpg?resize=252,168 252w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/after-signal-controversy-do-private-conversations-online-exist-anymore-6.jpg?resize=506,337 506w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/after-signal-controversy-do-private-conversations-online-exist-anymore-6.jpg?resize=1013,675 1013w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/after-signal-controversy-do-private-conversations-online-exist-anymore-6.jpg?resize=1265,843 1265w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 506px) 100vw, 506px\"> <\/a><figcaption class=\"screen-reader-text\"> Director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, and CIA Director, John Ratcliffe, testify before a House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence hearing on \u201cWorldwide Threats,\u201d on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on March 26, 2025. 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Johnson <\/a> <\/span> <\/div>\n<p> <\/header>\n<p> <\/article>\n<article class=\"post-item post-item--popular-stories-cards \">\n<figure class=\"post-item__thumbnail\"> <a class=\"post-item__thumbnail-link\" href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/ai-election-wokers-training-deepfakes\/\" tabindex=\"-1\"> <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"238\" height=\"168\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/after-signal-controversy-do-private-conversations-online-exist-anymore-4.jpg?resize=238%2C168&ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-ratio-16-9-sm size-ratio-16-9-sm wp-post-image\" alt decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/after-signal-controversy-do-private-conversations-online-exist-anymore-8.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/after-signal-controversy-do-private-conversations-online-exist-anymore-8.jpg?resize=300,212 300w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/after-signal-controversy-do-private-conversations-online-exist-anymore-8.jpg?resize=768,542 768w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/after-signal-controversy-do-private-conversations-online-exist-anymore-8.jpg?resize=1024,723 1024w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/after-signal-controversy-do-private-conversations-online-exist-anymore-8.jpg?resize=1536,1085 1536w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/after-signal-controversy-do-private-conversations-online-exist-anymore-8.jpg?resize=600,424 600w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/after-signal-controversy-do-private-conversations-online-exist-anymore-8.jpg?resize=238,168 238w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/after-signal-controversy-do-private-conversations-online-exist-anymore-8.jpg?resize=477,337 477w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/after-signal-controversy-do-private-conversations-online-exist-anymore-8.jpg?resize=956,675 956w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/after-signal-controversy-do-private-conversations-online-exist-anymore-8.jpg?resize=1194,843 1194w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 238px) 100vw, 238px\"> <\/a><figcaption class=\"screen-reader-text\"> Supporters of President Donald Trump demonstrate at a \u2018Stop the Steal\u2019 rally in front of the Maricopa County Elections Department office on November 7, 2020 in Phoenix, Arizona. 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