House of Representatives Bans WhatsApp
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Reuters is reporting that the US House of Representatives has banned WhatsApp on all employee devices:
The notice said the “Office of Cybersecurity has deemed WhatsApp a high risk to users due to the lack of transparency in how it protects user data, absence of stored data encryption, and potential security risks involved with its use.”
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Tags: cybersecurity, Meta, national security policy, WhatsApp
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