⚡️🔐 FYI - European governments are moving away from WhatsApp and Signal for official communications and switching to their own secure messaging systems that they fully control. Countries including France, Germany, Belgium, Poland, the Netherlands and Luxembourg have adopted in-house platforms such as BEAM, Wire and Matrix-based tools. The European Commission will complete its switch by the end of 2026, and NATO already runs its own dedicated system. « The issue is not encryption strength. Both WhatsApp and Signal use strong end-to-end encryption, their real concern is that these apps are run by US companies under US law and the governments want complete control over servers, metadata, data and access rules. For individuals and organisations wanting the same level of control, Wire is a strong and accessible choice. It is Swiss-made, open-source, uses modern encryption, and can be self-hosted so your data stays under your control. It is already used by thousands of German officials. » image

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Jamie 2 weeks ago
Governments should have switched to open source software at least 10 years ago. They should contribute, pay for support and encourage its use.
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Vulpes 2 weeks ago
Guess privacy is reserved for the elite soon
Almost certainly backdooring their own comma for internal subterfuge.
If it’s Swiss-made they should be ok! The Swiss will just do what Israelis learned from them: Use the information collected for leverage and keep themselves “neutral”.
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baldteeth 1 week ago
You did not spell that right. -2 molars.
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baldteeth 1 week ago
Signal is open-source, and end-to-end encrypted, transcends borders.
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pico4 1 week ago
Note how they don't want something thats private, but something THEY control
This is for use _inside_ of the European government agencies. They have been sending the residents' official data to American companies for storage and processing, which means that the USA government has access to all of it through legal means. Some of it is encrypted, but the data flow can be analyzed and reported to the US authorities.