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Comment by gcanyon

1 day ago

No problem! The DoD^HW will just use DeepSeek!

(I wish this were a joke)

They've already been using Signal - which is "commercial" app, meaning it's not meant to be used like that - for top-secret (or at least highly sensitive) military communications during the military strikes on Yemen. If that was fake, I apologise, I was deceived. I wouldn't be surprised if things turned out that way again, to be honest. That's something to be expected, actually (IMO).

  • Aren't they using the Israeli version of Signal which backs up messages because the law requires it?

    Pretty sure I remember that from the fumble

The legal name of the department is still the Department of Defense. The "Department of War" is a preferred name by the administration.

  • Identity affirming care now includes avoiding the DODs deadname. What a world.

    • Could you please stop posting unsubstantive comments and flamebait? You've unfortunately been doing it repeatedly. It's not what this site is for, and destroys what it is for.

      If you wouldn't mind reviewing https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and taking the intended spirit of the site more to heart, we'd be grateful.