It will be from December 8: members of the government and other employees of the main French institutions will soon no longer have the right to use WhatsApp. The same goes for other messaging services among the most popular today, such as Telegram or Signal. However, we can bet that this is only an injunction relating to the professional nature of the discussions. It is indeed unlikely that the audience targeted by this announcement will also be targeted in the context of personal exchanges; It’s hard to imagine family or friends getting up to speed with alternative solutions.
It must be said that Tchap, for example, is only accessible in any case if you have an email address affiliated with a government domain name. This platform was tailor-made for officials, but it is not the only one available to them. This is also the case for the Olvid app.
Olvid: presentation of the solutionmade in France
Olvid, for once, is already accessible to everyone. Available on the App Store for Mac, for iPhone and for iPad, this application has been certified by the national information systems security agency (ANSSI), up to level 1. This is not neither the case of WhatsApp, nor Messenger, nor Signal or even Telegram.
Of course, the origin of the value proposition can be questioned, as was the case with the StopCovid app in its time. But until now, no reliable source has been able to support the words of those who worry about their confidentiality following suspicions of mass surveillance. It must be said that the developers' arguments are precisely in favor of the protection of user data, hence the interest in the certification cited above.
End-to-end encryption is native on iOS
And you, which encrypted messaging app do you use on a daily basis? Among the most popular on iOS, Messages is natively installed on Apple's operating system. Synchronized via iCloud with its equivalent for Mac and iPad, the app is however regularly criticized, notably by the CEO of Meta. Mark ZuckerbergestimatedIndeed, WhatsApp is more secure. We leave you the sole judges.
Messages is not the only iOS platform to offer end-to-end encryption, since this is also the case for Mail (inbox for emails) or Notes. Recently, Apple also clarified that data fromJournalare stored locally and anonymized.
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