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

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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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[–] autotldr@lemmings.world 2 points 11 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:

French Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne has banned widely used messaging applications WhatsApp, Telegram and Signal for ministers and their teams due to security vulnerabilities, according to a memo seen by POLITICO.

Borne set a deadline of December 8 for the government to switch to using the French app Olvid instead, which is certified by France's cybersecurity agency ANSSI.

Tchap, the government-developed secure messaging and collaboration app, launched in 2019, is also allowed.

In December, the entire government will be using [Olvid], the world's most secure instant messaging system," French digital minister Jean-Noël Barrot confirmed on X.

The government previously ordered civil servants to remove all types of social media platforms, gaming and video-streaming apps — including TikTok, CandyCrush and Netflix — from their work devices over cybersecurity and privacy concerns.

This article was updated to include details on the memo seen by POLITICO.

The original article contains 193 words, the summary contains 143 words. Saved 26%. I'm a bot and I'm open source!