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France Wants Its Own Chat App For Government Communications
7 monthes ago | By Ubergizmo
As secure as messaging apps claim to be these days, the fact that a private company owns it means that for certain groups such as businesses or governments, it can be a bit disconcerting to allowing someone else to hold control over your information and security. This is why it's not surprising that France has announced that they will be building their own messaging app. The country's government will be building and testing a messaging app designed for government communications. This move also means that the French government will be ditching other messaging apps such as Telegram (which...
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