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

submitted 1 year 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] 1 points 1 year ago

Sure, I'd be the last person to say that Signal is perfect and secure. But it's a damn sight more secure than WhatsApp.