Europäische Beamte werden gezwungen, WhatsApp zu verlassen
https://www.politico.eu/article/european-civil-servants-new-messaging-services/
Europäische Beamte werden gezwungen, WhatsApp zu verlassen
https://www.politico.eu/article/european-civil-servants-new-messaging-services/
18 Kommentare
Presumably because it’s owned by a US war contractor who has openly declared their loyalty to Trump…
It says they’re trying to get off Signal too, which is a mistake, and a false equivalence. Signal and WhatsApp are not at all the same privacy-wise.
Yeah, Matrix is the new buzz word for „private, secure sovereign“ solution now.
What do they suggest to use instead of these sw? It seems someone like to have more surveillance on ppl. Idiots.
Actually ignoring the fact that both Android and iOS are mobile spy devices owned by their vendors… So ANYTHING on them can’t be sovereign, starting from EUID Wallet. While smart-cards and crypto wallets like SeedSigner, Trezor etc are actually free… Just think about that.
„Being forced“, what a way to frame this..
The problem is that they realize Big Tech and the Orange Bully are severe liabilities.
The trust is gone.
Lol
They’re moving away from systems that the US government monitors. Zero trust.
Lotta commenters are missing that Signal is open source and you can selfhost your servers, or use forked clients.
Signal has an US registered fundation, but it’s not a private enterprise with private code. The requirements to trust it are entirely different.
And if the US hosting is a problem, developing entire new platforms when enybody could freely host their own instance is typical bureaucratic overcomplication.
I use Threema, have not looked back at all. Quite nice and while it is not Telegram in terms of installing on multiple devices, it is much better than Whatsapp.
Finally, hope the rest of the population will follow.
What is the replacement app?
Forced? Sensible management given the politics of its host country.
I second that!
Good riddance, I am so tired of having this app because people in Germany are too stupid to switch from something not owned by Zuckerberg
Imagine having your country main mean of communication dependent on Mark fucking Zuckerberg. I’m looking at you, Brazil.
They were using it to exchange sensitive information?!! We’re at best allowed to use it to arrange when to meet at the pub.
Use Signal if you can. If you can’t, at least support your friends who can, by having it installed and using it.
Good.
Regardless of Meta and the US government, here in the UK we’ve had so many issues with official government business being conducted in WhatsApp chats and not official, accountable channels of communication.