Government officials worry about how Border Patrol uses Wickr, a messaging platform known for its ability to automatically delete messages.
“To reduce the risk of deleted Wickr data being recovered, the Secure Shredder runs whenever your Wickr app is running,” the training read. “The goal is to ‘sanitize’ or overwrite deleted Wickr data, on a best-effort basis.”
In his letter, Brewer gave Customs and Border Protection 30 days to respond with documentation about its policies, training guidelines and other resources the agency had established “to mitigate the records management risk associated with the improper use of Wickr” and similar apps. “Numerous CBP officials, across various offices, regularly used WhatsApp to communicate both with individuals and in various WhatsApp groups, some of which contained up to hundreds ofU.S. and Mexican officials,” the report said. “Yet, these officials did not consistently retain their. WhatsApp messages or copy or forward them to their official CBP accounts.”
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