The United States Secret Service is considering a ban on Apple’s Messages app for its employees. The reason: the service is too secure Read this article to find out what’s going on.
Capitol storming sparks controversy
In light of the current controversy over deleted text messages related to the January 6 U.S. Capitol uprising, the United States Secret Service is considering blacklisting Apple’s Messages app for its employees.
The reason is that the encryption of Apple’s communication app appears to be too secure. Quite a striking reason for the United States Secret Service, right?
Messages secret service employees disappeared
The world was on fire when the Capitol in Washington, the capital of the United States, was stormed on January 6, 2021 in response to the election results of the presidential election. In addition to perpetual lawsuits from all involved, Apple has also been named in the wake of this undemocratic coup.
This is because there were missing text messages from employees of this American ‘Secret Service’. The remarkable thing: Apple’s encryption of messages is so good that the messages can no longer be retrieved even by the secret service. It is now being considered to ban Apple’s Messages app for this.
Why Employee Messages Disappeared
The messages disappeared while the Secret Service was making technical improvements. All messages were stored centrally and backup copies were placed in the digital safe. However, the messages from Apple’s Messages app did not survive this temporary move due to the advanced encryption.
On top of that, when the employees failed to manually backup of their data before their phones were wiped, the Secret Service lost some of the messages. That is a significant limitation in the investigation into the events of January 6. Remarkable? Secure! Basically, Apple has beaten the Secret Service on digital security.
Response to missing messages from secret service
To prevent such a fiasco in the future, the Secret Service is considering banning communications through Apple’s Messages app. Communication should only be allowed through official internal channels.
In addition, experts have expressed their surprise at the fact that the Secret Service could not keep the data of America’s Secret Service. This surprise is especially striking given that in addition to the mission to protect the president, the Secret Service also leads many complex cyber investigations.
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