Federal government agency wants to abandon WhatsApp for internal communications

WhatsApp may cease to be Messaging application used to exchange information among employees of the Brazilian Industrial Development Agency (ABDI)As described by S. Paulo’s sheet this Monday (19). It is affiliated with the Ministry of Organ Industry.

According to the newspaper, ABDI president Ricardo Cappelli confirmed the plan. Open offer to recruit national companies that offer a service similar to that offered by the popular Meta messenger. He commented on the issue on his official profile on X/Twitter last week.

Goodbye. We’re opening here @abdi_digital Competition among employees to have their own national messaging service to protect information from national industry. Just hand it all to Mr. Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta/NSA/CIA on a platter. Sovereignty.

— Ricardo Cappelli (@RicardoCappelli) August 14, 2024

According to the former secretary general of the Ministry of Justice, WhatsApp’s decision to stop exchanging official messages, Repeated platform-related leaks and data theft casesOne of the most recent of these involves the minister of the Federal Supreme Court (STF), Alexandre de Moraes.

Last Tuesday (13), Sheet It revealed WhatsApp messages from Moraes’ advisers informally requesting reports from the Supreme Electoral Court (TSE) on people being investigated in digital militias and fake news investigations. The publication claims that 6GB of messages and files were exchanged through the app was not obtained through unlawful intervention.

Ban WhatsApp to the government

The idea of ​​banning WhatsApp messaging between senior members of the federal government has been championed by Cappelli since last year, when he temporarily led the Corporate Security Office (GSI). He criticized the use of the app and social media to deliver intelligence reports..

He said that while he was at the Ministry of Justice, he considered taking similar measures to those now being announced. At that time, It was discussed to replace the Meta service with its own platform to be used by the Federal Police.

“Someone has to be the first,” he told the newspaper, referring to the possibility of replacing WhatsApp with a more secure messaging tool for ABDI’s internal communications. Again, according to the executive, The same should be done with regard to the exchange of information in other federal bodies and other powers of the Union..