UK Gov *rejects* “privacy by design” architecture, GDPR-mandated data minimisation now supposedly “makes children unsafe”

Disappearing messages exist in order to empower people to take control of their digital exhaust trail and to minimise the opportunities for third parties to abuse older information.

The government is now against this key precept of information security, because children:

https://bsky.app/profile/heatherburnstech.bsky.social/post/3mo5iiqfql224

UK set to ban under-16s from social media, livestreaming, disappearing messages – POLITICO

Kids are not allowed to have privacy in Keir Starmer’s Labour Britain. The “othering” of teens is complete:

https://www.politico.eu/article/ministers-to-ban-under-16s-from-social-media-livestreaming-disappearing-messages/

The 'disappearing messages' of government

* "Home affairs secretary admits to using disappearing messages on Signal for work. Australian home affairs secretary admits to using disappearing messages on Signal for work." >>
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/mar/27/stephanie-foster-signal-australian-home-affairs-secretary-trump-scandal

* "Still, the overall effect, transparency advocates warn, is to create a parallel system of policy development that is largely invisible to parliament, the public and the media." >> (paywall)
https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politics/2025/12/06/exclusive-pms-office-directs-lobbyists-use-encrypted-disappearing-messages
#governance #ParliamentaryScrutiny #accountability #transparency #democracy #FOI #lobby #industry #EncryptedChannels #DisappearingMessages #InvisibleGovernment

👎 X unveils encrypted chat with video calls & disappearing messages to replace legacy DMs 👎

https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/11/x-unveils-encrypted-chat-with-video-calls-and-disappearing-messages-to-replace-legacy-dms/

#twitter #x #dms #encrypted #messenger #tech #technews #comunication #legacydms #disappearingmessages #apps #android

If they had used a different messenger with records retention, aside from the fact that this would not have happened, Tulsi Gabbard would be able to recall what she had seen in the chat

It’s increasingly clear that disappearing messages (1 week expiry) has claimed a victim, and that the Trump administration actually had no idea how much content The Atlantic had seen until it was fully published.

This is why you don’t let politicians bring their own tools to work.

https://www.reddit.com/r/law/comments/1jkdnr3/director_of_national_intelligence_tulsi_gabbard/

#disappearingMessages #signal #trump #tulsiGabbard