WhatsApp banned on House staffers' devices

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Post by fahd777 » Mon, Jun 23, 2025, 3:16 PM UTC

WhatsApp banned on House staffers' devices
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Re: WhatsApp banned on House staffers' devices

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Post by sandworm101 » Mon, Jun 23, 2025, 3:39 PM UTC

Good. Another point to be made when my friends push me to install bloated spyware just to plan a pizza party.

Use Signal.

Re: WhatsApp banned on House staffers' devices

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Post by SketchySeaBeast » Mon, Jun 23, 2025, 3:40 PM UTC

sandworm101 wrote: post #2

Good. Another point to be made when my friends push me to install bloated spyware just to plan a pizza party. Use Signal.

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Re: WhatsApp banned on House staffers' devices

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Post by sandworm101 » Mon, Jun 23, 2025, 3:42 PM UTC

SketchySeaBeast wrote: post #3

sandworm101 wrote: post #2

Good. Another point to be made when my friends push me to install bloated spyware just to plan a pizza party. Use Signal.

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Well, if you just cannot be botherer to drive to the scif, and if you are best buds with the man in charge, do whatever least impacts your workout schedule.

Re: WhatsApp banned on House staffers' devices

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Post by janice1999 » Mon, Jun 23, 2025, 3:42 PM UTC

sandworm101 wrote: post #2

Good. Another point to be made when my friends push me to install bloated spyware just to plan a pizza party. Use Signal.

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Re: WhatsApp banned on House staffers' devices

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Post by game_the0ry » Mon, Jun 23, 2025, 3:42 PM UTC

SketchySeaBeast wrote: post #3

sandworm101 wrote: post #2

Good. Another point to be made when my friends push me to install bloated spyware just to plan a pizza party. Use Signal.

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That wasn't signal's fault. They accidentally invited a journalist to the chat.

Re: WhatsApp banned on House staffers' devices

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Post by [deleted] » Mon, Jun 23, 2025, 3:46 PM UTC

SketchySeaBeast wrote: post #3

sandworm101 wrote: post #2

Good. Another point to be made when my friends push me to install bloated spyware just to plan a pizza party. Use Signal.

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Re: WhatsApp banned on House staffers' devices

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Post by mikehotel » Mon, Jun 23, 2025, 3:51 PM UTC

janice1999 wrote: post #5

sandworm101 wrote: post #2

Good. Another point to be made when my friends push me to install bloated spyware just to plan a pizza party. Use Signal.

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See https://archive.ph/oXYXe for more info about TeleMessage version of Signal approved for use by government offices.

Re: WhatsApp banned on House staffers' devices

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Post by iAMkenough » Mon, Jun 23, 2025, 3:52 PM UTC

game_the0ry wrote: post #6

SketchySeaBeast wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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That wasn't signal's fault. They accidentally invited a journalist to the chat.

The federal government uses a third-party Signal client that saves their conversations in clear text to a database, which has been breached before. Clearly user error, not Signal's fault.

Re: WhatsApp banned on House staffers' devices

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Post by ben_w » Mon, Jun 23, 2025, 3:55 PM UTC

game_the0ry wrote: post #6

SketchySeaBeast wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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That wasn't signal's fault. They accidentally invited a journalist to the chat.

While it is correct that this was a PEBKAC error rather than Signal's error, I would like to suggest that, in general, all mobile phone apps are poor choices for anything as sensitive as planning a missile strike.