France bans ministers from WhatsApp, Signal; demands French alternatives - eviltoast
  • blahsay@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    What they really mean is that they’re having trouble reading the messages on signal so please stop

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      11 months ago

      I mean, any program you didn’t make isn’t truly secure from your POV, that’s all there is to it. And since this affects their governmental employees only it’s more than reasonable.

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        11 months ago

        Is that all there is to it? Signal is open source. If they wanted to be extra paranoid they could take and maintain their own branch but that’s a bit silly. Building your own is almost certainly the least secure option