The Cyber Security Office stated that WhatsApp is considered a high -risk platform, as “it is” this user data, the absence of the collected data encryption and the lack of transparency in the safety of possible security risks involved with its use. ” Employees have been asked to remove the app if it is already installed, and to avoid downloading it in the future.
This is not the first time the house has banned access to the popular digital tool. Over the years, it has issued ban or partial sanctions on apps from bidences, AI tools such as deepsecs and even Microsoft’s Copilot. For Chatgpt, only the paid version – Chatgpt Plus – is approved for use currently.
The decision to block WhatsApp comes immediately after the meta, the company behind the app confirmed the plan to start a trial of advertisements in WhatsApp status. While the ban is officially focused on data security, time has speculated that recently towards mudification may have increased additional concerns.
WhatsApp announced that this user status would start advertising in messages. , Image Credit – WhatsApp
In response, Meta spokesperson andy stone disagreed with the decision and reported that WhatsApp messages were default by end-to-end encrypted, which means that only those involved in conversation can read the material.
We disagree with character -portrayal in the strongest possible words of the Chief Administrative Officer of the house. This is a high level of protection than most apps in the approved list of CAO that does not offer that security.
– Spokesperson of Andy Stone, Meta
Despite protecting the meta, the CAO listed several approved messages for the use of the house. These include Microsoft teams, signals, vikra, iMessage and facetime. Email warned employees to look out for fishing efforts and unknown texts, urging them to be cautious.
While the encryption of WhatsApp is one of its main features, the house decision highlights a growing debate on how to really there are safe messaging apps – especially more platforms begin to introduce advertisements and other changes that user affects privacy. Personally, I find it amazing to see the signal in the list of apps approved apps – it is not that anything is wrong with the apps, but in the last few months, due to optics due to optics after the previous political scam that includes the same app in the last few months.
