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Pierre-Yves Lapersonne@programming.dev to Privacy@programming.dev · 2 years ago

France bans ministers from WhatsApp, Signal; demands French alternatives.

www.politico.eu

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France bans ministers from WhatsApp, Signal; demands French alternatives.

www.politico.eu

Pierre-Yves Lapersonne@programming.dev to Privacy@programming.dev · 2 years ago
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France bans ministers from WhatsApp, Signal; demands French alternatives
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‘These digital tools are not devoid of security flaws,’ government document says.

After the Tchap project based on Matrix, the French Prime Minister asks anyone in the gouvernement to use Olvid, the only app validated by the ANSSI, with metadata encryption and no centralised architecture nor contacts discovery. But only the front-ends are open source, not the back-end.

Source: https://www.politico.eu/article/france-requires-ministers-to-swap-whatsapp-signal-for-french-alternatives/

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    i rather doubt a government would push people out of signal-protocol apps and into Some Other App if they didn’t already have a backdoor into the designated substitute

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      Servers are private, so we can conclude anything…

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