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From: Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: whatsapp interoperability
Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2024 22:53:25 -0000 (UTC)
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Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> wrote:
> Am 21.09.24 um 13:39 schrieb Carlos E.R.:
>> On 2024-09-21 09:39, Jörg Lorenz wrote:
>>> Am 20.09.24 um 20:25 schrieb Carlos E.R.:
>>>> On 2024-09-20 14:30, Jörg Lorenz wrote:
>>>>> On 19.09.24 21:47, Andy Burns wrote:
>>>>>> Carlos E.R. wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> You live in a different country than me. Here, if I need to call a
>>>>>>> plumber to fix a broken tap, he asks me to send a photo via wasap. You
>>>>>>> can not live without having and using wasap. My bank manager this
>>>>>>> morning sent me her profesional contact info, on wasap.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Thankfully, it's not yet become "semi-obligatory" here ...
>>>>> 
>>>>> It isn't anywhere.
>>>> 
>>>> LOL! Here it is. Not obligatory, just the de facto standard. Everybody
>>>> has it. Even banks assume you have it.
>>> 
>>> https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/08/business/banks-fines-whatsapp-records.html
>> 
>> That's there, not here.
> 
> There is here:
> 
> https://www.edpb.europa.eu/news/news/2023/edpb-publishes-binding-decision-concerning-whatsapp_en
> 
> In Europe the same rules apply.
> BTW: I work in this industry. The use of consumer messengers for 
> business purposes is strictly forbidden everywhere for very serious 
> reasons. Messengers and in particular WA make it impossible for the 
> banks and other financial institutions to have an uninterrupted and 
> accepted documentation of client communication.

How come the UK Covid enquiry has been able to access the WA messages of
the cabinet and civil service then? 

> You do not understand much of the regulatory requirements of modern 
> business at all.
> 
> 
>