Interesting Global [email protected]English • 7 months ago

France bans ministers from WhatsApp, Signal; demands French alternatives

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France bans ministers from WhatsApp, Signal; demands French alternatives

www.politico.eu

Interesting Global [email protected]English • 7 months ago

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‘These digital tools are not devoid of security flaws,’ government document says.

Archived version: https://archive.ph/vv3Ce
Archived version: https://web.archive.org/web/20231130105740/https://www.politico.eu/article/france-requires-ministers-to-swap-whatsapp-signal-for-french-alternatives/

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3•7 months ago
But they could host it locally, right? And E2EE is available?
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  3•7 months ago
  Yes and yes. But Matrix falls under the same group as WhatsApp and Signal, it’s UK not French based.
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    5•7 months ago
    However, Matrix as a service isn’t reliant on a parent company’s servers like WhatsApp and Signal are.

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