Subj : *WhatsApp, Signal & Telegram BANNED by Swiss Army*
To   : August Abolins
From : Erich Bublitz
Date : Mon Jan 10 2022 08:38:08

> Hi All...
> *WhatsApp, Signal & Telegram BANNED by Swiss Army*
> Swiss soldiers are required to stop using WhatsApp, Signal, and Telegram, and
> use a domestic messenger instead, Swiss media reported this week. Data
> protection was cited as the reason.
> Commanders and chiefs of staff received an instruction in late December
> informing them of the new rules, according to Swiss media. Army personnel
> should now use the domestically developed Threema messenger, both in official
> and private communication, including chats between soldiers and their
> relatives.
>https://news.sky.com/story/swiss-army-bans-whatsapp-signal-and-telegram-for-so
> diers-on-duty-12510952
> Ciao!
> /|ug (https://t.me/aabolins)

Data protection? Wow! Looks like WhatsApp and Telegram got a bad rap for this.

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