📱 Chat control

The Brazilian Intelligence Agency (ABIN) has given federal officials an app of their own for the conversations they should never have been having on WhatsApp. On September 8, the Federal Official Gazette published a regulation from ABIN turning MSG GOV, a state-built messaging platform, into the official secure communication tool of the Brazilian Intelligence System (Sisbin), the network of federal bodies that produce and share intelligence. 

The rule, signed by ABIN Director Luiz Fernando Corrêa, orders every member of the system to fold its terms into their internal procedures.

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