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France bans ministers from WhatsApp, Signal; demands French alternatives. (www.politico.eu)

submitted 11 months ago by pylapp to c/privacy

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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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[–] [email protected] 17 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Olvid is the only messaging application today certified by the ANSSI

Is there a list of those they've tested, and why they didn't meet criteria? Has Signal been tested?

Without that info, just seems coincidental that the French government has bestowed this cert on only a French app.

[–] pylapp -5 points 11 months ago

Same point of view 🙃