–The German Football Association forbids WhatsApp. Association employees will soon be prohibited from using the messenger on cell phones. According to DFB director Oliver Bierhoff, WhatsApp is “no longer responsible”. Instead, alternatives should be used.
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DFB: WhatsApp Messenger no longer allowed
Employees of the German Football Association must in future do without the messenger WhatsApp. The association has announced that the messenger has no place at least on business smartphones. The restriction is justified with “legal and data protection concerns”, as DFB director Oliver Bierhoff explains in the run-up to a World Cup qualifier.
WhatsApp is also not responsible for the DFB because “all contact details go to America”. Instead, you would like to switch to alternative messengers, none of which is named. It could boil down to Signal, as Facebook Messenger is also out of the question as a further service. the National player themselves are not affected by the ban and can continue to choose freely when choosing the messenger (source: Sports buzzer).
What alternatives are there to WhatsApp? The answer in the Video:
If the press spokesman for the DFB has its way, then it is a question of one “Longer planned technical reorganization”. This also has nothing to do with the recent failure of WhatsApp and other Facebook services. For the New Year, WhatsApp will no longer be used for communication on company cell phones. The DFB is following the example of larger companies such as Deutsche Bank and Continental, which also do without the messenger.
WhatsApp ban for fighting leaks?
Perhaps the WhatsApp ban could also be related to an entirely different matter. In the past are always back DFB Interna come to the public. WhatsApp chats were often the focus here.
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