Bye bye WhatsApp: Swiss Army uses Threema

guest · Jan 7, 2022

January 7, 2022

The Swiss Armed Forces has banned its military personnel from using messengers like WhatsApp while on duty. Instead, all army personnel are to use the Swiss messaging app for official business. The decision was made for security reasons in order to comply with data protection. The costs will be borne by the army.

The decision in favor of Threema seems to have been made as early as the end of 2021, because the following tweet is from the end of 2021. However, the whole thing only became more widely known now.
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The army staff probably instructed all commanders and chiefs of staff by mail at the end of December 2021 to use the messenger app Threema in the future for on-duty communication with private smartphones. The letter, from which the Tagesanzeiger quotes, says: "All other services are no longer permitted."

To heise online, Swiss army spokesman Daniel Reist explained:

We can't force anyone to download Threema onto their personal device. In the future, every member of the army will be able to use the messenger service he or she wants for private use. But official messages should indeed be handled via Threema in the future.
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The background is privacy and security concerns.
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Melionix · Jan 8, 2022

A bit strange that they went for Threema and not Signal

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