‘These digital tools are not devoid of security flaws,’ government document says.
  • radix@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    11 months ago

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

    Clearly they’re very discerning when it comes to their choice of communication apps. 🙄

    • Cossty@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      11 months ago

      From their Google play store page: “Olvid is the first private instant messaging application for everyone.”

        • FuglyDuck@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          11 months ago

          the client is open source. but the server? not so much.

          in any case, if security is the concern… they should probably switch to a government-built system that only runs on gooberment devices. Will it be shitty? absolutely. But data is owned by whoever has the hardware it sits on. if it’s not your device its not your data.

  • cmder@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    11 months ago

    French here. It is all about the IT sovereignty (souveraineté numérique). The idea is to use French solutions in order to limit leaks if confidential information and dealing with other country without worrying about threat of limiting, stopping critical services. Also it is easier to apply EU laws like GPDR. That is why all the French private company dealing with sensitive information (military, cyber security…) are only using French solutions.

    • XpeeN@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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      11 months ago

      I get it, but I just don’t get why wouldn’t they just follow other govs’ steps and just set up a matrix server instead. It’s already available and proven.

      • eliasp@feddit.deEnglish
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        11 months ago

        That’s actually what they’re doing. They built their own messenger based on Matrix.

  • /home/pineapplelover@lemm.eeEnglish
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    11 months ago

    What security vulnerabilities does Signal have? I implore them to find a more secure messenger.

    Edit: Apparently they’re using Olvid. Claims to be the most secure messenger. Only the clients are open source, not the server code and they’re using a whole different algorithm. I seriously don’t understand why they don’t just partner with Signal, bet these guys don’t even have Signal’s level of quantum resistant encryption.

    https://github.com/olvid-io