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  Move fast, break privacy – and pay the price. Meta was fined $25,000,000,000 for lying about user privacy: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cqdr8zxrr3dxo

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  🦫 Trilogue meetings on Chat Control are becoming the modern-day Groundhog Day. Tomorrow is, once again, supposed to be the final one. 🙏 EU citizens, please urge your MEPs to protect privacy NOW: https://fightchatcontrol.eu/

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  There’s no such thing as free ice cream (even if we wish there were these days 🌡️🥵).

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  ⚖️ As European companies call on President von der Leyen to consistently enforce the DMA (https://finishthejob.eu/open-letter), the European Commission takes a step in the right direction and fines Google €890 million: https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_26_1670

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  “But wouldn’t interoperability with WhatsApp be a good thing?” 🤔 Short answer: No. Long answer: https://threema.com/en/blog/interoperability-with-whatsapp

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  The best privacy-focused WhatsApp alternatives, according to @protonprivacy@mastodon.social: https://proton.me/blog/whatsapp-alternatives

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  What’s wrong with the 👌 emoji? Should you send your boss a 😘? How many emojis are too much? 🤔 For World Emoji Day, we’re highlighting emoji pet peeves. Share yours 👇 https://threema.com/bp/world-emoji-day-2026

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  📊 Data keeps flowing 🔍 Tracking keeps going 🧠 Big Tech keeps knowing

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  👤 For comprehensive privacy protection, usernames are not enough: https://threema.com/bp/anonymity-at-the-system-level-the-ultimate-privacy-protection

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  The 8,289 young Swiss men and women who start recruit school today will be issued two iconic pieces of equipment: one for their pocket, one for their phone – both made in Switzerland. 🇨🇭

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  🚨🇪🇺⏳ On Monday, the final trilogue meeting on #ChatControl 2.0 will take place. EU citizens, please speak up now, and urge your representatives to protect private communication in Europe: https://fightchatcontrol.eu/#contact-tool

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  Many apps encrypt your data to protect it. 🔒 The key is to protect the key to decrypt it. 🔑 https://threema.com/bp/android-keystore

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  @nblr@chaos.social Es regt sich immer mehr Widerstand gegen die geplante VÜPF-Revision (vgl. https://www.parlament.ch/de/ratsbetrieb/suche-curia-vista/geschaeft?AffairId=20254273), und wir kämpfen mit allen Mitteln dagegen an – wenn es sein muss, auch mit einer Volksinitiative (vgl. https://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/datenschutz-schweizer-techfirmen-sehen-ihre-existenz-bedroht-757821172421). ^pr

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  Liquid Glass comes to Threema for iOS 🧊✨ https://threema.com/bp/threema-71-for-ios

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  Some speak of a “hack,” others blame the victims. Both miss the point: the recent cyberattack on German politicians shows that there’s more to security than encryption. https://threema.com/bp/theres-more-to-security-than-encryption-1

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  👤 Bei Threema gibt es keine klassischen Benutzerkonten, sondern anonyme IDs. 🛡️ Diese lassen sich nicht per SMS wiederherstellen und somit auch nicht auf diesem Weg kapern. 🟢 Vertrauensstufen zeigen zudem, ob ein Kontakt unbekannt, bekannt oder verifiziert ist.

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  Introducing DualLock, a new security layer for Threema OnPrem: 🔑 Two encryption keys 🎛️ Remote access control 🛡️ Protection even if a device is lost https://threema.com/bp/duallock-feature

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  To celebrate our partnership with Apostrophy, we’re giving away ten (yes, 10!) Punkt MC02 privacy smartphones: https://threema.ch/bp/apostrophy

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  Get the message? Ghosting, dry texting, and “left on read” eggsplained. 🪺 https://threema.com/bp/internet-slang-explained

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  Where there’s transparency, there’s no need for trust. https://threema.ch/open-source

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  @hete Respektabel! 👏 Welche Frage haben Sie falsch beantwortet? ^pr

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  Security and privacy often go hand in hand, but they’re not the same. https://threema.com/bp/security-vs-privacy

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  We’re joining forces with IBM Research to implement post-quantum cryptography in Threema. 🤝 https://threema.com/bp/quantum-secure-future

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  😤 WhatsApp in 2012: “Companies know literally everything about you, your friends, your interests, and they use it all to sell ads.” 🤑 WhatsApp now: “We’re introducing […] ads […] to help you find […] products you’re interested in.” https://threema.com/bp/online-ads-and-data-privacy

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  👤 There’s no such thing as a Threema user account. Recent news reports about anonymity in paid online services and account hijacking illustrate why: https://threema.com/bp/downside-of-user-accounts

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  Take note

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  PSA: On February 25, 2026, between 4:00 and 6:00 a.m. CET, we will perform maintenance on our servers. During this time, the Threema apps and the web client will have limited availability.

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  Privacy isn’t a feature, it’s a right.

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  Why is mass surveillance a bad idea❓ What is anonymity on the Internet good for❓ Why do tech corporations offer their online services free of charge❓ To celebrate today’s Data Privacy Day, we’ve set up a privacy quiz in the Threema Channel: https://threema.com/bp/dpd26