Amidst state-sponsored assassination accusations against US citizens seconded by Telegram’s founder, France’s reputation is in hot waters as the government wants to exact for itself the freedom of backdooring into services. GrapheneOS is an open source privacy and security focused mobile OS with Android app compatibility. This week they announced they are pulling off from our beloved President Macron’s fiefdom.
And i quote: “France isn’t a safe country for open source privacy projects. They expect backdoors in encryption and for device access too. Secure devices and services are not going to be allowed. We don’t feel safe using OVH for even a static website with servers in Canada/US via their Canada/US subsidiaries.”
OVH is a highly respected hosting provider, very dependable and with great support. It’s a reference. But thanks to people who have been faking the right to privacy all this time, we should stay away from this great service.
Talk about shooting yourself in the foot.