WhatsApp messaging app banned on all US House of Representatives devices (www.theguardian.com)
from nunesgh@lemmy.world to technology@lemmy.world on 23 Jun 19:36
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just_another_person@lemmy.world on 23 Jun 20:02 next collapse

Somebody must have an exploit for the platform. Guessing it’s Israel because of the messaging from a few weeks ago by various countries’ security concerns.

1luv8008135@lemmy.world on 23 Jun 20:14 next collapse

Got a link handy?

just_another_person@lemmy.world on 23 Jun 22:03 collapse

…I’m sure you know how search engines work

Ulrich@feddit.org on 24 Jun 06:33 collapse

Somebody must have an exploit for the platform.

Or it could be exactly what they said it was. Seems like a good enough reason…

meco03211@lemmy.world on 23 Jun 20:09 next collapse

I gotta ask, what’s the situation with the senate? It would seem like a colossal lack of communication if the house bans it but the senate doesn’t. Or if the senate already banned it, why the house didn’t then? Shouldn’t they be relatively on the same page?

DigDoug@lemmy.world on 24 Jun 00:09 collapse

We all know they use Signal, anyway.

Ulrich@feddit.org on 24 Jun 06:34 collapse

Good