So I was reading up on the "signalgate" scandal that happened last year, where some secret US government war strategizing was leaked because the wrong person was added to a signal group chat.
I'd heard about it before, but didn't realize it was a technological failure, not just a typo/misclick?
Alice Averlong🏳️⚧️
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