Analysis

December 8, 2023

How good is Olvid, the app that French ministers must now use instead of WhatsApp and Signal?

Members of the French government had until today to switch all work communications to homegrown app Olvid. How good is it?

When Thomas Baignères, the cofounder of French messaging app Olvid, did his routine check of company metrics last Friday morning, he thought there had been a mistake. Before he had even had his breakfast, there had been 756% more app downloads than the entire day before.

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Daphné Leprince-Ringuet

Daphné Leprince-Ringuet is a senior reporter for Sifted, based in Paris. She covers French tech and writes Sifted's AI and Deeptech newsletter . You can find her on X and LinkedIn

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