Banks Hit with Millions in Fines for Using Signal and WhatsApp

Re:Banks Hit with Millions in Fines for Using Signal and Wha... by FirmwareBurner on Tuesday August 08, 2023 @10:31AM (#37049551)

Can't speak for the entire Europe obviously, usage varies from country to country, but where I've been it's pretty well entrenched for bot social and business.

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Re:Banks Hit with Millions in Fines for Using Signal and Wha... by denton-scratch on Tuesday August 08, 2023 @10:47AM (#37049780)

WhatsApp is widely used by UK ministers to communicate with potential donors, lobbyists and other politicians. I don't know why it's allowed; in-person meetings are supposed to have a civil servant present and taking notes. WhatsApp gets them off the FOI hook.

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Re:Banks Hit with Millions in Fines for Using Signal and Wha... by brox on Tuesday August 08, 2023 @11:06AM (#37050094)

Case in point: The ongoing Covid-19 inquiry request for access to government WhatsApp messages: https://www.ft.com/content/208263bf-b6bb-4ea6-8e6b-ee2e522ac...

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Re:Banks Hit with Millions in Fines for Using Signal and Wha... by developer93 on Tuesday August 08, 2023 @11:44AM (#37050751)

I thought it doesn't, the law just doesn't seem to be enforced properly?

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Re:Banks Hit with Millions in Fines for Using Signal and Wha... by caycep on Wednesday August 09, 2023 @01:23PM (#37065877)

is it feasible to have a reg where WhatsApp is allowed, as long as a copy of the transcript post-decryption goes to the national archives or whatnot?

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