I can't tell you what an incredible headline this is, given the decades(!) of pressure by the U.S. government advocating for technological backdoors, and all it had to take was China breaching some of America's biggest phone networks to get here.

"U.S. officials urge Americans to use encrypted apps amid unprecedented cyberattack." — @kevincollier

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/security/us-officials-urge-americans-use-encrypted-apps-cyberattack-rcna182694

U.S. officials urge Americans to use encrypted apps amid cyberattack

Amid an unprecedented cyberattack on telecommunications companies such as AT&T and Verizon, U.S. officials have recommended that Americans use encrypted messaging apps to ensure their communications stay hidden from foreign hackers.

NBC News
@zackwhittaker @kevincollier
It is perfectly possible for them "to predict when the telecommunications companies would be fully safe from interlopers" because the answer is certainly: Never.
Thanks for posting this article.