cross-posted from: https://discuss.online/post/34598392
FBI Director Kash Patel said Monday that he had opened an investigation into the Signal group text chats that Minnesota residents are using to share information about federal immigration agents’ movements, launching a new front in the Trump administration’s conflict there with potential free speech implications.
Patel said in an interview with conservative podcaster Benny Johnson that he wanted to know whether any Minnesota residents had put federal agents “in harm’s way” with activities such as sharing agents’ license plate numbers and locations.
Yeah, I guess that’s true - I was thinking about keeping the contents of the messages secure when I asked. But so long as you don’t give enough context to dox yourself, you’re right that at least individuals are not directly identifyable.