RT
January 9, 2022
Swiss soldiers are required to stop using WhatsApp, Signal, and Telegram, and use a domestic messenger instead, Swiss media reported this week. Data protection was cited as the reason.
Commanders and chiefs of staff received an instruction in late December informing them of the new rules, according to Swiss media. Army personnel should now use the domestically developed Threema messenger, both in official and private communication, including chats between soldiers and their relatives, the instruction said.