Australian security forces ban the ise of Whatsapp and Signal (www.theguardian.com)

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Interesting, I wonder if its due to making sure the messages are traceable and staff are accountable. As stated by the authorities

Or is there something they know that we dont? Lemmy has made me paranoid about the security of messaging apps..

(I have no idea how to read code so I wouldn’t have a clue)

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[-] Greg@lemmy.ca 15 points 1 month ago

Yeah, I'm sure it's for auditing and being able to respond to freedom of information requests etc

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