▲ 229 ▼ WhatsApp messaging app banned on all US House of Representatives devices (www.theguardian.com) submitted 1 year ago by nunesgh@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world 8 comments fedilink hide all child comments Memo says cybersecurity office deemed WhatsApp a high risk due to ‘lack of transparency in how it protects user data’
[+] just_another_person@lemmy.world -24 points 1 year ago (2 children) ...I'm sure you know how search engines work permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] echodot@feddit.uk 6 points 1 year ago (1 child) Well I tried searching for "secret exploit nobody knows about", but it didn't come up with any results. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] just_another_person@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago 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/ permalink fedilink source parent
[–] echodot@feddit.uk 6 points 1 year ago (1 child) Well I tried searching for "secret exploit nobody knows about", but it didn't come up with any results. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] just_another_person@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago 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/ permalink fedilink source parent
[–] just_another_person@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago 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/ permalink fedilink source parent