美国众议院禁止工作人员使用WhatsApp，原因是出于安全考虑。众议院首席行政官表示，由于WhatsApp在保护用户数据方面的透明度不足，缺乏数据加密，存在潜在的安全风险。工作人员被要求在政府设备上删除WhatsApp，并禁止通过浏览器访问。Meta的通讯主管反驳了安全担忧，强调WhatsApp默认端到端加密，安全性高于许多替代应用。此举反映了政府对移动应用安全性的日益关注，此前已有其他州和联邦机构禁止使用特定应用。

🔒 众议院禁止使用WhatsApp：众议院首席行政官告知员工，由于安全问题，禁止在政府设备上使用WhatsApp。

🛡️ 安全隐患：禁令是由于WhatsApp在保护用户数据方面的透明度不足，缺乏数据加密，以及潜在的安全风险。

✅ 推荐替代方案：工作人员被建议使用Signal、Microsoft Teams、Amazon的Wickr或Apple的iMessage和FaceTime等替代应用。

💬 Meta回应：Meta的通讯主管Andy Stone表示，WhatsApp默认端到端加密，安全性高于许多替代应用，但众议院仍禁用了WhatsApp。

U.S. House of Representatives staff have reportedly been banned from using WhatsApp. Axios reports that the House's chief administrative officer informed employees on Monday that Meta's messaging app is now prohibited, citing security concerns.

"The Office of Cybersecurity has deemed WhatsApp a high-risk to users due to the lack of transparency in how it protects user data, absence of stored data encryption, and potential security risks involved with its use," the chief administrative officer wrote in an email sighted by Axios.

As such, House staff are now prohibited from having WhatsApp on any government device, or even accessing its browser version on such devices. Instead, they're being directed to alternatives such as Signal, Microsoft Teams, Amazon's Wickr, or Apple's iMessage and FaceTime.

Responding to the issue on X, Meta's communications director Andy Stone refuted such security concerns, claiming that members of the House and Senate both regularly use WhatApp.

"Messages on WhatsApp are end-to-end encrypted by default, meaning only the recipients and not even WhatsApp can see them," Stone wrote. "This is a higher level of security than most of the apps on the CAO's approved list that do not offer that protection."

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End-to-end encryption is a security measure which scrambles messages so they can only be deciphered by your intended recipient. Signal's end-to-end encryption is always enabled, which has helped it earn its reputation for being focused on privacy. iMessage, FaceTime and Wickr also appear to have this encryption on by default. The exception is Microsoft Teams, as users must enable its end-to-end encryption.

When reached for comment by Mashable, Meta reiterated Stone's statement.

Security concerns regarding apps used by government employees are nothing new. States such as New York and Texas have previously banned DeepSeek's AI app from government devices in several, while TikTok was banned from all federal devices in early 2023.