All British Army personnel, including senior officers, will now face disciplinary action if they're caught using WhatsApp over fears that Russia is using phone data to choose airstrike targetsUK soldiers could face strict disciplinary action if they're caught using WhatsApp, as the British Army moves to ban the app for active personnel.Everyone from senior officers to low-ranking soldiers have been instructed to stop using WhatsApp for professional purposes due to "significant security concerns" surround the app.According to the Daily Mail, an official Ministry of Defence memo insisted that "all Field Army personnel are to cease the use of WhatsApp for work-related communications immediately."WhatsApp should only ever be used as a method of last resort defined as: a means of communication which should only be used in circumstances where failure to do so would result in death, serious injury or operational compromise."[...]
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354 sats \ 1 reply \ @wingalt 9 Jan
Quite of ironical that in a continent where encryption and FOSS are constantly attacked the clowns in charge realize that they also need it for their own safety. Everybody needs encryption it has become the bedrock of civilization whether they like it or not
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556 sats \ 0 replies \ @final 10 Jan
It's twice as ironic once you realise pretty much all the senior politicians use WhatsApp in one way or another. Security recommendations for everyone else, except the ones who really should be caring about them.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/dec/19/penny-mordaunt-boris-johnsons-messages-vanished-from-my-phone
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @xz 9 Jan
Do you think that there's really espionage going on.
Or it's more damage control in terms of controlling a narrative of 'facts on the ground'?
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5 sats \ 0 replies \ @ek OP 9 Jan
Probably both
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0 sats \ 3 replies \ @fm 9 Jan
they must chage to Telegram
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71 sats \ 2 replies \ @ek OP 9 Jan
TG doesn't even use E2EE by default so it's maybe even worse for military usage
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15 sats \ 0 replies \ @fm 9 Jan
im being 100% sarcastic :p
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @guts 9 Jan
Telegram is more akin to Discord with optional secret chats. If it's military personel no brainer they need to use something else than Zucks app.
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0 sats \ 5 replies \ @TNStacker 9 Jan
Signal or what?
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161 sats \ 2 replies \ @ek OP 9 Jan
Yes, they recommend Signal:
if that was your question
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556 sats \ 0 replies \ @petertodd 9 Jan
Can confirm I've spoken to actual military/govt/etc. people who used Signal officially.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @TNStacker 9 Jan
Yup
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @guts 9 Jan
SimpleX is better.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @SpaceHodler 9 Jan
I keep hearing Session is better.
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