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It’s a military reason. In the event of war you want complete control of comms systems for your military. This makes sense to me! I think it would be foolish

• Jtsummers 5y ago
  There are multiple reasons, and that would be one of them. Another reason is legal/regulatory: Most government and military employees (especially in countries that at least want to have the appearance of opposing corruption) have specific record keeping requirements. If you use unofficial channels for official communications, you are almost certainly violating those rules and laws. "Where's lunch today?", not an issue. "Let's discuss these budget items and make a decision", that's an issue. I don't know Swiss laws and rules, but I'd be surprised if they permitted, say, coordination of movement of military assets (in country, peace time) via unofficial, unrecorded methods.
• cm2187 5y ago
  If they run on iOS or Android, you'd better make sure the US isn't on the other side of that war.