It is important to know whether it is safe to discuss confidential information in a conversation. The corresponding level of secrecy is shown to you on each device by banners in the user profiles and conversations.
Overview of the secrecy levels in conversations:
| All participants belong to a classified backend | At least 1 participant belongs to an unclassified backend |
| SECURITY LEVEL: VS-NFD | SECURITY LEVEL: UNCLASSIFIED |
If you are part of a classified backend and in a conversation with people who are also part of a classified backend, you see the SECURITY LEVEL: VS-NFD banner in the conversation and your contact’s profile:
If you are part of a classified backend and in a conversation with people who are not part of a classified backend, you see the banner SECURITY LEVEL: UNCLASSIFIED in the conversation and your contact’s profile:
People who don’t belong to a classified backend and are in a conversation with people from a classified backend won’t see any indication of the classification level.