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November 30, 2020

Europe's armies look for digital sovereignty in new messaging tech

Germany’s Bundeswehr is the latest military to move to a decentralised chat service


Freya Pratty

2 min read

Mid section of military soldier using mobile phone in boot camp. letter from war.

For Europe’s militaries, using a messenger service like Whatsapp, Signal or Telegram for communication presents serious problems — namely that the servers reside outside of the government’s borders.

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Freya Pratty

Freya Pratty is a senior reporter and investigations lead at Sifted. Follow her on X , LinkedIn and Bluesky

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