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Encryption scrambles texts into unreadable code, keeping hackers from reading them. Without it, messages in plain text are vulnerable to spying.

The FBI is advising iPhone and Android users to avoid sending unencrypted text messages between operating systems. The warning follows an alleged cyber breach by a Chinese hacking group known as "Salt Typhoon.

Chinese hackers infiltrating eight US telecommunications companies and gaining access to text and phone conversations. Not long after, the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) issued a recommendation: Use encrypted messaging.