GUguyomes·Dec 11, 2023
Olvid [0,1] seems interesting too.
[0]: https://olvid.io
[1]: https://github.com/olvid-io/olvid-android
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Olvid for Android
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What it is
Olvid for Android
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| Period | Start (UTC) | End (exclusive, UTC) | Mentions | Submissions | Comments |
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| Dec 1 | 2023-12-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-12-02 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Dec 2 | 2023-12-02 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-12-03 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 3 | 2023-12-03 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-12-04 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 4 | 2023-12-04 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-12-05 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 5 | 2023-12-05 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-12-06 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 6 | 2023-12-06 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-12-07 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 7 | 2023-12-07 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-12-08 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 8 | 2023-12-08 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-12-09 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 9 | 2023-12-09 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-12-10 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 10 | 2023-12-10 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-12-11 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 11 | 2023-12-11 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-12-12 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
What Hacker News says
2 sources> French prime minister Elisabeth Borne asked that government workers "take all measures" to deploy Olvid by December 8.
> France's junior minister in charge of digital, Jean-Noel Barrot, wrote in a social media post that the messaging app had been used by his team since July 2022.
> "In December, the entire government will use Olvid, the most secure instant messaging service in the world."
Never heard of it before. Has anyone looked into their protocols?
https://olvid.io/assets/documents/2020-12-15_Olvid-specifica...
The client app sources are available under AGPLv3 license:
https://github.com/olvid-io/olvid-android
https://github.com/olvid-io/olvid-ios
Does this mean they are pushing Olvid in general preference over Tchap, their Matrix network? https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/collection/open-source-observato...
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