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SignalGate is not about Signal, security experts say

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The Atlantic ’s editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg was accidentally included in a group chat created to plan US airstrikes against the Houthi rebels in Yemen .

The conversation took place on encrypted free messaging tool Signal .

Security and privacy experts want to be clear about one thing: Signal is not about Signal .

Defense Secretary Hegseth , the defense secretary, participated in the chat.

Multiple sources tell WIRED that this does not make a consumer application the right forum for such a discussion.

The White House has said that no classified material was discussed in the Signal chat.

But security experts say even non-classified material can be extremely sensitive and is typically carefully protected.