French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne has asked ministers and their teams not to use applications such as WhatsApp, Telegram and Signal due to security issues.
“ These digital tools are not without security flaws and therefore cannot guarantee the security of conversations and information shared through their ”, it is said in a document issued by it.
Borne set a deadline until December 8 for the government to move on to the use of the French application Olvid, which is certified by the French cyber security agency ANSSI.
“ My team and I have used it since July 2022. In December, the entire government will use [Olvid], the world’s safest instant messaging system ”, also confirmed French digital minister Jean-Nowl Barrot.
However, members of the French government can use the Tchap app, a secure messaging platform developed by the government released for use in 2019.
