Stop using WhatsApp, get Paris-made alternative: French PM Elisabeth Borne

France’s prime minister Elisabeth Borne asked her cabinet to stop using widespread instant messaging apps like WhatsApp, Signal or Telegram and install widely unknown Olvid, a product of Paris’s startup scene presenting itself as a more secure alternative.

In a ministerial circular, Elisabeth Borne urged ministers and their top staff to deploy the Olvid app on phones and computers, her office told Reuters on Wednesday, confirming French media reports.