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22 minutes ago, Caveira said:

The JG in the screen shot could be basic configuration.  (I’ve not used signal) but a lot of these collab tools will default to initials when showing a name.   Our zoom configuration does that for example.  

It's not really showing a name, but the photo.  The bubble with JG is the default in Signal if someone has not added a photo.  If the person only has filled in the first name field it will be a single letter their first initial.  If they have entered both a first and last name in Signal then it will be two letters, the first and last initial.  I think Michael Waltz likely entered "Michael Waltz" in the first name field which is why he only has an "M" in the bubble.  Jeffrey Goldberg likely had his name in the signal app as Jeffrey Goldberg which is why he had "JG", but that doesn't mean Waltz didn't have him saved in his phone as something else. 

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Just now, fishbane said:

It's not really showing a name, but the photo.  The bubble with JG is the default in Signal if someone has not added a photo.  If the person only has filled in the first name field it will be a single letter their first initial.  If they have entered both a first and last name in Signal then it will be two letters, the first and last initial.  I think Michael Waltz likely entered "Michael Waltz" in the first name field which is why he only has an "M" in the bubble.  Jeffrey Goldberg likely had his name in the signal app as Jeffrey Goldberg which is why he had "JG", but that doesn't mean Waltz didn't have him saved in his phone as something else. 

Super similar to zoom for example.  And teams.    Pointing out that the weird speculation that jg is there and that’s how he was added (looking for someone’s initials) is prolly random speculation. 

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20 minutes ago, Caveira said:

Super similar to zoom for example.  And teams.    Pointing out that the weird speculation that jg is there and that’s how he was added (looking for someone’s initials) is prolly random speculation. 

I think that's correct. It doesn't really say anything about how Goldberg's contact info was saved in Waltz's phone.  

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1 minute ago, fishbane said:

I think that's correct. It doesn't really say anything about how Goldberg's contact info was saved in Waltz's phone.  

Yes, this.  Thank you for the Signal explanation, was not aware of that.  But Waltz mixing up the initials somehow from his phone still seems to be the most likely explanation