EU states ‘being completely held hostage by Google and Apple’ says official

“An EU official has said that Apple and Google are holding EU states hostage. That’s after they rebuffed calls from France and Germany to back their contact tracing solutions. Apple and Google will not accommodate solutions that involve holding personal data on a central server.”

May 18, 2020

The EU makes the switch to Signal as its messaging app of choice

“The European Commission is switching away its instant messaging to encrypted messaging app Signal. Signal has been praised for its secure by default communication, as well as its WhatsApp and iMessage like simplicity. The UK’s Conservative Party also made the switch late last year.”