French government releases in-house IM app to replace WhatsApp and Telegram use

The French government has developed its own end-to-end encrypted instant messenger (IM) app to replace government employee use of Telegram, WhatsApp, and other third-party IM clients. Only official French government employees can sign-up for an account; however, the French government also open-sourced Tchap’s source code on GitHub so other organizations can roll out their own versions of Tchap for internal use as well. On the same day it was released, French security researcher Baptiste Robert found a security flaw in Tchap that would have allowed anyone to register an account and spy on the French government’s internal communications.

Source: www.zdnet.com