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You have made sure that there are only known accounts in your chat group before you share sensitive information there. Bear in mind that despite strong encryption, all participants can read along. Therefore, think about which groups you should check.

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Also, do not share sensitive information in large and confusing chat groups. For example, you can configure Signal so that people cannot add any additional accounts.

Particularly important for the following target groups:

  • Journalism, criticism of the regime and exile
  • Direct actions

Other categories

  • Rather simple

Sources and further links

  1. US government chat: this could also happen in Germany, zeit.de, (de)
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