https://www.pcmag.com/news/no-more-phone-number-swaps-signal-messaging-app-now-testing-usernames

Discussion on Signal's [forum](https://community.signalusers.org/t/public-username-testing-staging-environment/56866)

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Canada bans WeChat, Kaspersky applications on government devices
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    vowseh
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    In here whatsapp is omnipresent, used for everything & everywhere, no distinction whatsoever, if you don't have it you're cut off, doesn't matter if it's public or private

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    Meta has 30 days to stop using the name

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    Brazilian intelligence will stop using WhatsApp for communication
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    vowseh
    Now 100%

    there were some doubts about it

    Brazilian Bureau of Institutional Security:

    It is not reasonable for the country's confidential intelligence information to be passed through messaging app from a private company of a foreign nation...

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    vowseh

    lemmy.eco.br