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Meta’s popular online messaging application WhatsApp has been banned from all US House of Representatives-issued devices, according to a memo sent to all House staff on Monday.
The notice said 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 memo further advised staff to switch to other messaging platforms such as Microsoft Teams, Apple’s iMessage and FaceTime, Amazon’s…
