FBI Warns Against Encrypted Texts

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FBI warns users to encrypt text messages for cybersecurity. Here's how to do it

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The FBI and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued a statement on Nov. 13 that hackers affiliated with People's Republic of China ( PRC ) were targeting "telecommunications infrastructure" in a "broad and significant cyber espionage campaign" Officials are warning smartphone users to use texting apps such as WhatsApp or Signal to ensure messages between Apple and Android users are not encrypted.

Messages between two Apple devices are safe, but messages between an Apple device and and Android device are vulnerable.

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