The latest Signal and WhatsApp breaches targeting German and Dutch government officials prove that consumer apps have no place in government.<\/p>
\u274c As European governments pursue digitally sovereign strategies, they should take the next step: Ban the use of consumer apps like Signal and WhatsApp for government-related conversations.<\/p>
Secure government communications need infrastructure designed for the public sector - not repurposed consumer tools.<\/p>
https:\/\/element.io\/blog\/latest-signal-and-whatsapp-breaches-show-that-consumer-apps-have-no-place-in-government\/<\/a><\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-05-28:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.matrix.org\/users\/element\/statuses\/116209785121442576","object":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.matrix.org\/users\/element\/statuses\/116209785121442576","objectType":"note","content":" The latest Signal and WhatsApp breaches targeting German and Dutch government officials prove that consumer apps have no place in government.<\/p> \u274c As European governments pursue digitally sovereign strategies, they should take the next step: Ban the use of consumer apps like Signal and WhatsApp for government-related conversations.<\/p> Secure government communications need infrastructure designed for the public sector - not repurposed consumer tools.<\/p> https:\/\/element.io\/blog\/latest-signal-and-whatsapp-breaches-show-that-consumer-apps-have-no-place-in-government\/<\/a><\/p>","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.matrix.org\/@element\/116209785121442576","status_net":{"notice_id":null}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-03-11:objectType=thread:nonce=9a1dc042b7235294","notice_info":{"local_id":"12273051","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2026-03-11T09:21:53+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.matrix.org\/@element\/116209785121442576"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.uno\/users\/gianmarcogg03","displayName":"Gianmarco Gargiulo","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/60137-original-tmp20260211102047.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/60137-96-20260211102618.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/60137-48-20260211102618.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/60137-24-20260211102618.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"60137"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/60137-96-20260211102618.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"I'm an artist, designer, photographer and libre advocate.:idle::linux: :kde: :grapheneos: :stallman: :cc: :jollyroger: :vinyl: :it:#linux #libresoftware #freesoftware #art #artist #design #designer #photography #photographer #nobot #nobots #fedi22","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.uno\/@gianmarcogg03","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"gianmarcogg03","displayName":"Gianmarco Gargiulo","note":"I'm an artist, designer, photographer and libre advocate.:idle::linux: :kde: :grapheneos: :stallman: :cc: :jollyroger: :vinyl: :it:#linux #libresoftware #freesoftware #art #artist #design #designer #photography #photographer #nobot #nobots #fedi22"}},"content":"