"because the White House had authorized the use of Signal, largely because there is no alternative platform to text in real time across different agencies, two people familiar with the matter said.
Previous administrations, including the Biden White House, did not develop an alternative platform to Signal, one of the people said."
Is that true? There is no alternative platform to text in real time across different agencies? And nobody had a problem with that?
Most of the Generals and Colonels I've worked with use government-issued smartphones with access to their government Outlook account, and send encrypted group emails back and forth that way.
Previous administrations, including the Biden White House, did not develop an alternative platform to Signal, one of the people said."
Is that true? There is no alternative platform to text in real time across different agencies? And nobody had a problem with that?