U.S. House of Representatives memo reveals WhatsApp has been banned from employee devices, citing _a

Messaging apps are one of the banes of my existence. Every time I connect with someone new it seems there's some back and forth on what app we should use to communicate. Often a part of this includes explaining to folks why I don't use things like WhatsApp, due to the mix of ownership, security, and general distaste. It's a horrible conversation where I look like an elitist jerk, but it warms my heart a little to know that now, everyone who works in the US w69 เข้าสู่ระบบ​ House of Representatives will have to do the same thing.

According to , a memo went around the House of Representatives staff on Monday explaining that the popular messaging app has been banned. The Meta (Facebook)-owned WhatsApp messaging service has been deemed too much of a security risk to be allowed on employees devices.

The memo reads 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."

The ban actually comes just in time, as Meta gets ready to add ads to make the messaging app This memo has likely saved many in the House of Representatives from some pretty invasive targeted advertising.

Naturally Meta is none too pleased with this development and disagrees "in the strongest possible terms," to the move to ban the app. A spokesperson from Meta also stated that WhatsApp has a higher level of security than other messaging apps that are still allowed. h25 com สล็อต​ But it's likely not just the security level, but also the likelihood of being targeted that singled WhatsApp out for this ban.

WhatsApp being so popular, and not exactly having the best security around has made it the target of bad actors in the past. This includes Israeli spyware companies such as . It also means that it's so much easier for hackers to get access via someone you know, due to the apps prevalence, especially with those not so security minded.

Other messaging apps were recommended as alternatives in the memo from the chief administrative officer. Weirdly we don't see Discord, for the gamers in the House (of reps). Instead, these include Microsoft Teams, Amazon's Wickr, Apple's iMessage and FaceTime, and my pick of the bunch,

Signal is an end-to-end encrypted messaging app I've been using for years. It's an independent nonprofit dedicated to privacy, so there's no ads or tracking. Most importantly, they can't see your chats and neither can anyone else, so it's usually the one I push for in that "what messaging app do you use" conversation from earlier.

Hopefully this will see more people give WhatsApp the boot in favour of exploring some slightly less partial messaging providers. If it's not good enough for the United States House of Representatives, then is it really good enough for you? I don't think so! Maybe consider this the time to treat yourself to a safer, more transparent messaging system H25 สล็อต that isn't owned by one of the world's richest men.

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