Gabriel H. Nunes@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoWhatsApp messaging app banned on all US House of Representatives deviceswww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square10linkfedilinkarrow-up1222arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up1217arrow-down1external-linkWhatsApp messaging app banned on all US House of Representatives deviceswww.theguardian.comGabriel H. Nunes@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square10linkfedilinkfile-text
Memo says cybersecurity office deemed WhatsApp a high risk due to ‘lack of transparency in how it protects user data’
minus-squarejust_another_person@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down27·2 days ago…I’m sure you know how search engines work
minus-squareEcho Dot@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·9 hours agoWell I tried searching for “secret exploit nobody knows about”, but it didn’t come up with any results.
minus-squarejust_another_person@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 hour agohttps://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/
…I’m sure you know how search engines work
Well I tried searching for “secret exploit nobody knows about”, but it didn’t come up with any results.
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/