In March 2025, a journalist was mistakenly added to a White House Signal group chat that discussed active war plans.

Cape’s founder and CEO, John Doyle, spoke with Cybernews and Dark Reading to underscore the critical role modern mobile communication plays. When mobile is the default channel for sensitive conversations, the stakes get higher—and so must the security.

As John put it in Cybernews:

“We think we can get away with it until something bad happens – someone's stolen our identity, or in this case, gotten a peek at classified war plans with lives on the line. This story, as surprising as it seems, is bound to repeat itself until we accept that modern mobile is how we communicate – from teens to fighters in Ukraine to our nation's leaders. We need to find a way to make it more secure.”

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In his interview with Dark Reading, John also pointed out a broader cultural shift:

"If you look at search activity for privacy-preserving technologies around the time of traumatic events, you see [people's] interest spike — that's kind of expected — but what's interesting is it never returns to its previous levels. Their interest returns to a slightly higher baseline every time, so it appears to be sort of a one-way ratchet, where people are always looking more and more to turn to privacy-respecting technologies."

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At Cape, we believe this moment isn’t just a cautionary tale—it’s a wake-up call. Secure messaging apps like Signal are powerful, but they're only one part of the equation. The devices we use, the networks we trust, and the ways we manage sensitive communications all need to evolve together.

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