NSW Police Banned From Using Telegram, WhatsApp, Signal

Published on September 30, 2024

New South Wales (NSW) Police officers will find encrypted messaging apps such as Telegram, WhatsApp and Signal, along with more obscure ones like Wickr, Wire, and LINE, will no longer operate on their work-issued phones from today, after new security software was uploaded. It will also stop any encrypted messaging apps being downloaded in future. Around 17,000 officers have also been ordered to remove all communication software from their official phones. In future, the phones will only provide “secured access to approved … systems and applications for all users,” a NSW Police spokesperson said. Officers can now use only SMS, which can be traced and recalled even after they’re deleted....

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