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04-22-2017, 11:12 AM
We’re shocked (shocked!) that White House staffers’ favorite secure messaging app is probably **t that secure
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Can anything typed into a smartphone really be considered private?
That question is at the heart of a lawsuit alleging that a messaging app beloved by White House staff (http://mashable.com/2017/02/15/confide-privacy-app-white-house/) isn't as secure as it claims to be.
SEE ALSO: Sean Spicer is checking staff phones because his ****** leaks like sieve (http://mashable.com/2017/02/27/sean-spicer-staff-phones-leaks/)
Between shady apps, ******s, and screenshots, keeping a digital message away from s**oping eyes is ** easy task. The self-described (https://getconfide.com/faq) "confidential messenger" app Confide, however, is trying. The company has gone out of its way to tout its "patent-pending" solution to a problem that has bedeviled everyone from nudie-sending Snapchatters (http://mashable.com/2013/01/22/******-finds-easy-way-to-secretly-save-snapchat-poke-pictures/) to government staff leaking to the press: The screenshot.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/04/21/confide-might-allow-screenshots-messaging-app/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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Can anything typed into a smartphone really be considered private?
That question is at the heart of a lawsuit alleging that a messaging app beloved by White House staff (http://mashable.com/2017/02/15/confide-privacy-app-white-house/) isn't as secure as it claims to be.
SEE ALSO: Sean Spicer is checking staff phones because his ****** leaks like sieve (http://mashable.com/2017/02/27/sean-spicer-staff-phones-leaks/)
Between shady apps, ******s, and screenshots, keeping a digital message away from s**oping eyes is ** easy task. The self-described (https://getconfide.com/faq) "confidential messenger" app Confide, however, is trying. The company has gone out of its way to tout its "patent-pending" solution to a problem that has bedeviled everyone from nudie-sending Snapchatters (http://mashable.com/2013/01/22/******-finds-easy-way-to-secretly-save-snapchat-poke-pictures/) to government staff leaking to the press: The screenshot.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/04/21/confide-might-allow-screenshots-messaging-app/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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