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TM-SGNL-Android
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micahflee / TM-SGNL-Android

TM-SGNL-Android

Unofficial and insecure Signal app, used by senior Trump officials like Mike Waltz, downloaded from the official TeleMessage website

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What to know before exploring

What it is

Unofficial and insecure Signal app, used by senior Trump officials like Mike Waltz, downloaded from the official TeleMessage website

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Where it is used

No documented product use has been verified yet.

What people are saying

No recommendation phrase was found in the indexed comments.

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Also in these discussions

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This week on Hacker News

Nov 7–Nov 14 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/14/2026, 3:56:07 PM UTC.

No direct repository links were found in the indexed HN discussions over the past seven days. Older discussions are available below.

Mentions over time

HN mentions by hour2 dated mentions

Observed mentions: 2025-05-05 22:25:06 UTC to 2025-05-06 14:48:23 UTC.

012025-05-05 22:00:00 UTC to 2025-05-05 23:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 commentsMay 5, 22:002025-05-05 23:00:00 UTC to 2025-05-06 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-05-06 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-05-06 01:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-05-06 01:00:00 UTC to 2025-05-06 02:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-05-06 02:00:00 UTC to 2025-05-06 03:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-05-06 03:00:00 UTC to 2025-05-06 04:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-05-06 04:00:00 UTC to 2025-05-06 05:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-05-06 05:00:00 UTC to 2025-05-06 06:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-05-06 06:00:00 UTC to 2025-05-06 07:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 commentsMay 6, 06:002025-05-06 07:00:00 UTC to 2025-05-06 08:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-05-06 08:00:00 UTC to 2025-05-06 09:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-05-06 09:00:00 UTC to 2025-05-06 10:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-05-06 10:00:00 UTC to 2025-05-06 11:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-05-06 11:00:00 UTC to 2025-05-06 12:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-05-06 12:00:00 UTC to 2025-05-06 13:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-05-06 13:00:00 UTC to 2025-05-06 14:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-05-06 14:00:00 UTC to 2025-05-06 15:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 commentsMay 6, 14:00

Counts come from the repository’s dated source evidence. Index cutoff: 2026-11-02 08:16:59 UTC.

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PeriodStart (UTC)End (exclusive, UTC)MentionsSubmissionsComments
May 5, 22:002025-05-05 22:00:00 UTC2025-05-05 23:00:00 UTC101
May 5, 23:002025-05-05 23:00:00 UTC2025-05-06 00:00:00 UTC000
May 6, 00:002025-05-06 00:00:00 UTC2025-05-06 01:00:00 UTC000
May 6, 01:002025-05-06 01:00:00 UTC2025-05-06 02:00:00 UTC000
May 6, 02:002025-05-06 02:00:00 UTC2025-05-06 03:00:00 UTC000
May 6, 03:002025-05-06 03:00:00 UTC2025-05-06 04:00:00 UTC000
May 6, 04:002025-05-06 04:00:00 UTC2025-05-06 05:00:00 UTC000
May 6, 05:002025-05-06 05:00:00 UTC2025-05-06 06:00:00 UTC000
May 6, 06:002025-05-06 06:00:00 UTC2025-05-06 07:00:00 UTC000
May 6, 07:002025-05-06 07:00:00 UTC2025-05-06 08:00:00 UTC000
May 6, 08:002025-05-06 08:00:00 UTC2025-05-06 09:00:00 UTC000
May 6, 09:002025-05-06 09:00:00 UTC2025-05-06 10:00:00 UTC000
May 6, 10:002025-05-06 10:00:00 UTC2025-05-06 11:00:00 UTC000
May 6, 11:002025-05-06 11:00:00 UTC2025-05-06 12:00:00 UTC000
May 6, 12:002025-05-06 12:00:00 UTC2025-05-06 13:00:00 UTC000
May 6, 13:002025-05-06 13:00:00 UTC2025-05-06 14:00:00 UTC000
May 6, 14:002025-05-06 14:00:00 UTC2025-05-06 15:00:00 UTC101

What Hacker News says

2 sources
skue·May 6, 2025
Modified version of Signal sent copies of messages to a central server for record retention compliance, but hackers have demonstrated the messages can be accessed on the server. TeleMessage website before they pulled most of it down: https://web.archive.org/web/20250502003943/https://www.telem... App source code (GPL3) via Micah Lee: - https://github.com/micahflee/TM-SGNL-iOS - https://github.com/micahflee/TM-SGNL-Android
In Signalgate chat app clone was apparently an insecure mess
axus·May 5, 2025
I felt the writer implied open source code was a bad/insecure thing, since they downloaded a zip file from some WordPress upload folder. I'm guessing the code was being made available to companies that "legally" obtained TM-SGNL. His repo, not theirs: https://github.com/micahflee/TM-SGNL-Android/commits/master/ He points out that "You must license the entire work, as a whole, under this License to anyone who comes into possession of a copy."
In Technical analysis of the Signal clone used by Trump officials

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