Karna@lemmy.ml to Linux@lemmy.ml · edit-29 days agoFrance Just Created Its Own Open Source Alternative to Microsoft Teams and Zoomitsfoss.comexternal-linkmessage-square22fedilinkarrow-up1389arrow-down13file-text
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minus-squarequick_snail@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down3·9 days agoFrance has horrible laws for encryption, so how much do you want to bet this thing doesn’t have e2ee. This is an Intel operation
minus-squareSaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-29 days agoZoom has poor encryption. I have seen targeted ads a day after discussing very specific chemical reagents on zoom.
minus-squarequick_snail@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up6·9 days agoZoom, Teams, Meet, and all the major providers do not have e2ee on by default. It’s a paid extra and almost nobody turns it on. Mega uses e2ee by default, and it cannot be turned off.
minus-squareE_coli42@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·9 days agoIts FOSS (or I guess FLOSS for this case since they are French lol), meaning it doesn’t matter if the people creating the app are “good” or “bad” actors. A “good” actor can always create a fork or host their own instance.
minus-squarequick_snail@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 days agoFrench people are literally not able to fork it and add e2ee without the government’s permission. France requires government approval for exporting any software with crypto
minus-squareE_coli42@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 days agoSource? I see the repo as MIT licensed so I don’t see why forking it and hosting our own instance would be a problem.
minus-squareslappyfuck@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 days agoFLOSS makes more sense than FOSS anyway.
minus-squarequick_snail@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up4·9 days agoFrance requires companies to get permission to export cryptography. They’re one of the worst countries in Europe for crypto. https://www.comparitech.com/blog/vpn-privacy/encryption-laws/
France has horrible laws for encryption, so how much do you want to bet this thing doesn’t have e2ee.
This is an Intel operation
Zoom has poor encryption. I have seen targeted ads a day after discussing very specific chemical reagents on zoom.
Zoom, Teams, Meet, and all the major providers do not have e2ee on by default. It’s a paid extra and almost nobody turns it on.
Mega uses e2ee by default, and it cannot be turned off.
Its FOSS (or I guess FLOSS for this case since they are French lol), meaning it doesn’t matter if the people creating the app are “good” or “bad” actors. A “good” actor can always create a fork or host their own instance.
French people are literally not able to fork it and add e2ee without the government’s permission.
France requires government approval for exporting any software with crypto
Source? I see the repo as MIT licensed so I don’t see why forking it and hosting our own instance would be a problem.
Non-french people can, of course.
FLOSS makes more sense than FOSS anyway.
Never heard about this.
France requires companies to get permission to export cryptography. They’re one of the worst countries in Europe for crypto.
https://www.comparitech.com/blog/vpn-privacy/encryption-laws/