Original post: hachyderm.io (Mastodon)
Context:
- The Atlantic: The Trump administration accidentally texted me its war plans (archived: https://archive.is/XStCI )
- The Atlantic: Here are the attack plans that Trump’s advisers shared on Signal (archived: https://archive.is/PKHpH )
- OPSEC means Operations Security (or Operational Security)
Opsec is more about the processes of confirming that you know exactly where important information is and knowing there are as few potential leaks and risks to that information getting into unintended hands. Saying you’ve got clean opsec is about confirming that you’ve gone through the proper steps to keep communications secret.