US diplomatic chats safe, State Department says

[Wireless News]

http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/h1Lk2chPSeD1Qsh1VGRaaw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/40355a2e20d89646eacdd98df4b0181d08f93fd1.jpg (http://news.yahoo.com/us-diplomatic-chats-safe-state-department-says-231316464.html)Secret US diplomatic conversations are safe, a top official said Friday, despite the apparent bugging of an American envoy's phone. Asked if she was confident about the security of diplomatic communications, State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki replied: "Certainly we are." She revealed that data encryption is given to all State Department employees for their government-issued BlackBerry mobile phones. She refused to detail however whether Secretary of State John Kerry had access to a voice-encrypted mobile phone.



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