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Employees of the US Congress would have been informed that they would no longer have authorized to use on government devices. The administrative director of the House of Representatives (CAD) would have informed the workers on Monday that the application – including mobile, office and web versions – is not authorized on the devices managed by the house.
“The cybersecurity office considered that WhatsApp a high risk for users due to the lack of transparency in the way it protects user data, the absence of encryption of stored data and potential security risks linked to its use,” wrote CAD in an email, according to . Microsoft Teams, Wickr, Signal (despite its ease Accidentally invite a journalist to a sensitive group cat), Imessage and FaceTime would have been mentioned as acceptable alternatives, and CAD reminded workers to be vigilant about potential phishing scams.
“We do not agree with the characterization of the head of the administrative chamber in the strongest possible terms,” said Meta Andy Stone spokesperson . “We know that members and their staff regularly use WhatsApp and we are impatient to ensure that the members of the room can join their senate counterparts by doing it officially. Messages on WhatsApp are encrypted from start to finish by default, which means that recipients and not Whatsapp cannot offer them.
The stage follows the use by the staff of the Congress staff of other applications (including those generative of the AI) that CAD has deemed risky. These include ,, Deepseek (which certain Federal States and Departments also have ) And .
