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| Signal .. The European Commission's preferred messaging app |
The European Commission has asked its staff to use the Signal Encrypted Messaging app to increase the security of their communications. In early February, a note was posted on an internal bulletin board to inform employees that Signal was chosen as the recommended app for public instant messaging. , Politics.
According to the report, a signal is not used in all communications. Instead, encrypted email messages are used to send non-confidential but confidential information, while confidential documents use more stringent security procedures and the signal is used by people and people outside the company. External communication between.
Bart Brennell, an encryption expert at the University of Louvain, said that security experts prefer because of their full encryption and open source technology: "The signal is similar to WhatsApp on Facebook and Apple applications from iMessage in Apple Technologies. Using a password log, you can check what is going on internally because it is open source. "
Signal was developed by protectionists in 2013 and is supported by a non-profit organization supported by WhatsApp founders (Brian Acton), who left the company in 2017 after a problem with Facebook management.
Data protection experts consider the signal more secure than other applications. The application site says: "We cannot read your messages or see your calls, others cannot."
Although WhatsApp relies on a signaling protocol called (Open Whisper Systems), Facebook is not an open source, and the popular messaging app Telegram also faces similar concerns about a lack of transparency about how its encryption works.
The decision to improve the EU's cybersecurity standards was made when the European Union tried to maintain the security of its communications. This was an important step that shocked diplomats and officials in Brussels during the European Union embassy in Moscow, and was hacked in June 2018 and theft of information from its network.
The New York Times reported later in 2018 that the European Union's diplomatic communications network had been damaged in three years due to poor protection of official communications.