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c/technology · by nunesgh@lemmy.world · 1y

WhatsApp messaging app banned on all US House of Representatives devices

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jun/23/whatsapp-ban-house-representatives

Memo says cybersecurity office deemed WhatsApp a high risk due to ‘lack of transparency in how it protects user data’

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DigDoug@lemmy.world · 34 pts · 1y (1 reply)

We all know they use Signal, anyway.

Ulrich@feddit.org · 4 pts · 1y

Good

meco03211@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 1y

I gotta ask, what's the situation with the senate? It would seem like a colossal lack of communication if the house bans it but the senate doesn't. Or if the senate already banned it, why the house didn't then? Shouldn't they be relatively on the same page?

echodot@feddit.uk · 7 pts · 1y

I am not allowed to use WhatsApp on my company phone, so it's hard to believe that the US government has apparently been fine with it up until now.

just_another_person@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 1y (5 replies)

Somebody must have an exploit for the platform. Guessing it's Israel because of the messaging from a few weeks ago by various countries' security concerns.

1luv8008135@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 1y (3 replies)

Got a link handy?

just_another_person@lemmy.world · -28 pts · 1y (2 replies)

...I'm sure you know how search engines work

echodot@feddit.uk · 6 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Well I tried searching for "secret exploit nobody knows about", but it didn't come up with any results.

just_another_person@lemmy.world · -1 pts · 1y

https://www.pcmag.com/news/us-house-bans-whatsapp-on-staffers-devices-over-security-concerns

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/world/middleeast/iran-whatsapp-delete.html

And to your last comment about not being able to find anything, I don't believe you even tried: https://www.forbes.com/sites/daveywinder/2025/02/03/whatsapp-hack-attack-confirmed-by-meta-what-you-need-to-know/

Ulrich@feddit.org · 4 pts · 1y

Somebody must have an exploit for the platform.

Or it could be exactly what they said it was. Seems like a good enough reason...

Kekzkrieger@feddit.org · 4 pts · 1y

And yet so many people still refusing to switch to Signal, even tho Whatsapp is officially declared unsave by the government.