Reuters reports that the French government is developing its own encrypted instant messaging application. According to a spokesperson for Mounir Mahjoubi, Secretary of State for Digital Affairs, this is primarily a provision aimed at protecting the private conversations of French leaders, WhatsApp or Telegram are no longer considered trustworthy. . “We tell ourselves that there can be flaws that will appear, as with Facebook. can also leadThe spokesperson referred to the recent Cambridge Analytica scandal and the leaking of personal data via Facebook.
WhatsApp and Telegram do not have the trust of France
“We have to find a way to have encrypted messaging not encrypted by the United States or Russia.“, he explained. As Reuters reminds us, Emmanuel Macron knows very well the importance of this type of security. His teams were victims of hacker attacks during the 2017 presidential campaign.
The application was designed by a computer scientist from the Directorate of Inter-ministerial Digital and Government Information and Communication System (DINSIC). features that the government wants. Instant messaging is currently being tested by around 20 senior executives and senior officials.
Once approved by the National Information Systems Security Agency (Anssi), the encrypted messaging app will become mandatory within government, ministries and senior management. It is scheduled to be adopted before summer 2018. It is planned to apply later. available for all french users. Time will tell what it will offer, because the lack of functionality cannot be offset by the protection of personal information for the majority of individuals.
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