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EU Commission bans top officials from using Signal groups (www.heise.de)
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[–] napoleonsdumbcousin@feddit.org 8 points 1 month ago

They did not ban encrypted communications in general. They just banned the use of Signal for official purposes, because it is not fit for the job.

The article talks about how there were a multitude of cyberattacks and phishing attempts on EU officials' smartphones and Signal accounts. With Signal, you have full control over the whole Account if you control the device.

The EU has their own encrypted communication tools with security and accounts managed centrally by the IT department.