Security News > 2019 > May > Senator: US govt staff may be sending their smartphone web traffic 'wrapped in a bow' to Russia, China via VPNs
2019-05-30 19:49
No policy to stop use of dodgy foreign network providers. You'd hope common sense would prevail, but... US government workers may be placing America's national security at risk as there is no official policy banning them from running their smartphones' personal and official internet traffic through untrustworthy foreign-hosted VPN services.…
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