While apps like Signal promise increased security and privacy, they often skirt open records laws meant to increase transparency around and public awareness of government decision-making. — AP
As a devastating wildfire burned through a Maui town, killing more than 100 people, emergency management employees traded dozens of text messages, creating a record that would later help investigators piece together the government's response to the 2023 tragedy.
One text exchange hinted officials might also be using a second, untraceable messaging service.
