Dept. of Homeland Security urges Americans to use encrypted apps for texting

Share There’s a relatively easy way to improve your digital privacy protections—use end-to-end encrypted messaging apps. And in light of recent, widespread cyberattacks, even the Department of Homeland Security has issued a public service announcement urging Americans to switch to E2E encrypted platforms for texting. Hackers operating on behalf of the Chinese government have engaged since at least October in what one US senator has called the “worst telecom hack in our nation’s history.” The operation, known as Salt Typhoon, is reportedly so thoroughly embedded in US telecom infrastructure that…

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