It is reported that the congress employees in the Congress reported that they were no longer allowed to use on state devices. They say that the chief administrative director of the House of Representatives (CAO) told employees on Monday that the application, including mobile, desktop and web versions, is not allowed on the devices of managed houses.
“The cybersecurity management believed that WhatsApp has high risk for users from the absence of transparency in how they protect user data, the lack of stored encryption of data and potential security risks associated with its use,” wrote CAO in an email, according to email, according to email, according to email, according to the email, according to the email, according to the email. Letter. Field Microsoft Teams, Wickr, signal (despite how easy it can be Accidentally invite reporters to confidential group chat), Imessage and Facetime were named as acceptable alternatives, and CAO reminded the employees to be vigilant regarding potential phishing fraud.
“We do not agree with the characterization of the main administrative employee of the House of Representatives in the most powerful terms”, the representative of META Andy Stone The field “We know that participants and their employees regularly use WhatsApp, and we look forward to that members of the chamber could join their Senate colleagues officially. Messages on WhatsApp are encrypted by default, which only means recipients, and whatsApp is not even visible. This is a higher level of security than most applications in the approved CAO list, which do not offer protection. ”
A step follows the restrictions when using other applications of Congress employees (including generative AI), which CAO considers risky. These include IN Deepseek (in some states and federal departments also ) And Field