Governments in Germany, France, Poland, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Belgium have begun rolling out their own messaging apps to prevent employees from using widely used encrypted messaging apps to share sensitive information and to shift to local alternatives that can be monitored. NATO also has its own messaging app, and the European Commission plans to launch one by the end of the year.

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    19 days ago

    Other more actual security focussed apps prevent notifications showing the message content by default. This is afaik also possible in Signal, but not the default and buried deep in the settings somewhere. Signal has a long history of prioritizing convenience over actual security, despite all their rethoric suggesting otherwise.

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        19 days ago

        Thanks for proving my point. Not the default, in a double nested menu, and with no warning what so ever about the security implications.

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      18 days ago

      Unless someone works in a highly secure job, this kind of app behavior is just a hindrance.

      Makes me remember that where I work we use an ALM system(like jira) that’s sends only encrypted messages which forces us to use our PIN for every single mail we read and makes it impossible to use the search function. this for mails that have absolutely nothing sensitive. I think that people who set those secure options don’t actually work with them so they don’t see how frustrating it is.