The Washington Post reports that members of the White House's National Security Council have been using personal Gmail accounts to conduct sensitive government business. National security advisor Michael Waltz and a senior aide reportedly discussed sensitive materials using their private accounts, raising concerns about security protocols. Experts highlight that email is inherently insecure for confidential data, while government regulations mandate preservation of official communications. The practice, following previous misuse of messaging apps like Signal, reflects a troubling trend in the handling of classified information within the executive branch.
Email is not the best approach for sharing information meant to be kept private. That covers sensitive data for individuals such as social security numbers or passwords.
Unless you are using GPG, email is not end-to-end encrypted, and the contents of a message can be intercepted and read at many points, including on Google's email servers.
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