News FBI tells iPhone and Android users to stop texting each other amid major security breach

[admin]

The FBI is warning Americans that they should use an encrypted messaging app instead of texting following a string of data breaches at US telecoms.

FBI tells iPhone and Android users to stop texting each other amid major security breach : Read more

 

[The_Nino_108]

When I see stories like these, I always find it a bit odd that I only see official recommendations such as this via just one or maybe a handful of the very many news sites.

Shouldn't the FBI / gov have a better way of directly communicating directly to people?

 

[COLGeek]

When I see stories like these, I always find it a bit odd that I only see official recommendations such as this via just one or maybe a handful of the very many news sites.

Shouldn't the FBI / gov have a better way of directly communicating directly to people?

Just Googling "FBI tells iPhone and Android users to stop texting" will produce MANY links to MANY news sources running the same story.

There are official means to get announcements. It appears the topic of this article was not the result of such a notice.