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publication
12/12/2024
The Salt Typhoon attack demonstrates that the content of an SMS message cannot be considered confidential, and that a significant part of the world’s SMS traffic is monitored. Any application whose security relies exclusively on the confidentiality of a code received by SMS is therefore exposed to attacks. This is particularly true of messaging applications that use a telephone number as an identifier. Depending on the application, hackers can receive your messages, send messages on your behalf and, in some cases, access your conversation history.
This attack proves the importance of choosing applications that, like Olvid, do not rely on a weak identifier (such as a telephone number) to guarantee your security.
distinction
12/02/2024
« The Élysée has been deploying the competing Olvid messaging system for the past eighteen months. As early as 2022, an ANSSI memo highlighted the technical superiority of this tool against the American WhatsApp and Signal, as well as the Russian Telegram. »
« Another finding by the sleuth from the ANSSI: “None of the mass-market solutions offer any guarantee of confidentiality for French users in general and the authorities in particular.” Worse still, the automatic contact synchronization function on WhatsApp, Signal and Telegram is considered “dangerous in terms of confidentiality”. The note further points out that intelligence services in the home countries of the three applications are able to access information exchanged on them. »
distinction
10/29/2024
Olvid is honored to have received the visit of His Excellency Sheikh Khalifa bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani , 🇶🇦 Qatar’s Minister of Interior and Commander of the Internal Security Force (Lekhwiya), accompanied by HE Jean-Baptiste Faivre , Ambassador of 🇫🇷 France to Qatar, and Mr. Nicolas Daragon , Minister attached to the Minister of Interior, responsible for Everyday Security.
It was an amazing opportunity to introduce Olvid, the first private messaging for everyone, with true end-to-end security.
Thank you Milipol Qatar 2024!
LinkedIn Post Tweet Video Tweet KHK Tweet Qatar Ministry of Interior Tweet Ambassador of France to Qatar Tweet Milipol Qatar LinkedIn Post
event
10/22/2024
📆 Meet us at MILIPOL QATAR 2024. Discover what’s new in the first private messaging app for everyone and the Olvid Bots 🤖 to:
- access your private AI 🧠
- automate your alerts 🚨
- centralize your teams’ geolocation 🌍
- and much more 🚀 always with true end-to-end security!
event
09/20/2024
📆 Join us at LES ASSISES Cybersecurity Forum in Monaco.
Discover Olvid Bots 🤖 to :
- access your private AI 🧠
- automate your alerts 🚨
- centralize your teams’ geolocation 🌍
- and much more 🚀
with true end-to-end security!
event
06/03/2024
📆 Meet us at EUROSATORY 2024 with GICAT. Discover what’s new in the first private messaging app for everyone!
- Chatbots🤖, APIs to automate tasks
- Video calls📽️
- Location sharing📍
- Windows, Mac and Linux versions🖥️
- And much more🎉 Looking forward to seeing you 🤓.
talk
05/26/2024
Matthieu Finiasz and Thomas Baignères are back to NoLimitSecu (Podcast dedicated to cyber security) to discuss the constraints of secure messaging with Johanne Ulloa , Hervé Schauer , Nicolas Ruff and Paul Amar talk about all kinds of exciting technical subjects:
- Latest free and pro features
- Cryptographic functions
- Backup and multi-device
- MiTM and SAS attacks
- Elliptic curves and Million Dollar Curve
- Metadata and server roles
- AWS, Multi Cloud, Clever Cloud
- Notifications, Firebase, APNS, Websocket, P2P, Firechat
- Visio, History synchronization, Pre-Keys
- Code security, open source, CSPN
- Business model
🎧 Listen to the podcast (fr) 🎧 Listen to the Apple podcast (fr) LinkedIn Post Tweet
interview
05/24/2024
With Olvid, what’s free is really free, and everything that has to be paid for diplays its price!” Thomas Baignères speaks frankly on all topics, including those that upset, to Rémy Bournoville for Reservoir Apps:
- Why is Olvid really private and free?
- What role do our servers play in the security of your exchanges?
- Private messaging vs. social networks?
- Entrepreneurial adventure, objectives
- Bots, AI, Multi Cloud
- Family and professional uses
event
05/14/2024
📆 Join us at VIVA TECHNOLOGY and discover what’s new in the first private messaging app for everyone!
- Video calls 📽️
- Location sharing 📍
- Linux, Windows and Mac 🖥️ versions
- Chatbots & APIs 🤖
- And much more 🎉
We look forward to seeing you 🥰!
product
03/19/2024
🎥 Here are Olvid’s secure video calls!
Crystal-clear sound 🎧, a sparkling image 📺, bulletproof security 🔒: just like your messages, audio/video calls are encrypted and authenticated from end-to-end.
Video calls are available on Android, iPhone, iPad and Mac. Up to 3 participants.
If you forgot to call your grandmother 👵 on March 3, you know what you have to do.
Find out all about it here 👉 Make secure audio and video calls.
event
03/15/2024
📆 Join us at Forum InCyber (FIC) - EUROPE from March 26 to 28 in Lille, STAND E20 (in front of the CISO Lounge).
Come and discover our new products: vidéo calls 📽️, position sharing 📍, Linux, Windows and Mac versions 🖥️, Chatbots & APIs 🤖 (monitoring, alerting, automation), conversational AI and the complete Olvid Enterprise offering!
We look forward to seeing you 🥰!
You can book an exchange slot with our team of Olvid experts 👇
product
03/13/2024
📍Discover Olvid’s new geolocation feature on Android!
Share your current position or all your movements in real time for a limited time, in complete confidentiality.
And for total control, you choose the mapping service: Google Maps, OpenStreetMap hosted by Clever Cloud, or no map at all!
As always with Olvid, you control who has access to what.
Find out all about it here 👉 Share your location.
product
03/06/2024
Olvid is now available for Linux!
After Windows and macOS, the Desktop offer is finally complete 😎.
Download it here 👉 https://olvid.io/download
publication
12/15/2023
The subjects on which we have been questioned are technical, sensitive and controversial, and unfortunately commented on in an approximate manner (in less than 280 characters).
We have taken the time to respond on a page that we will keep up to date. In particular, we mention:
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The question of sovereignty. The cryptography implemented by Olvid allows each user to be sovereign. Data sovereignty does not depend on the location of the servers or the nationality of the solution provider.
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The choice of AWS. Our servers are hosted by AWS. Olvid’s technological breakthrough is to guarantee the security of its users via cryptographic mechanisms, which have no nationality, without having to trust the servers.
Here it is 👉 News questions.
Media coverage:
distinction
11/30/2023
As of December 8, Olvid will be securing communications for the entire French government.
Through this choice, the Government is acquiring the world’s leading private messaging solution, the only one certified by ANSSI - Agence nationale de la sécurité des systèmes d’information, and reaffirming its support for La French Tech and the development of France’s technological sovereignty.
Media coverage:
event
10/24/2023
📆 Meet us at MILIPOL PARIS, November 14-17 at Villepinte, STAND 5 K091. Come and discover all our new products: desktop versions 🖥️, Chatbots, APIs (monitoring, alerting, automation), conversational AI and the complete Olvid Enterprise offering!
We still have a few invitations available. Don’t hesitate to contact us: contact@olvid.io.
product
10/11/2023
Olvid is now available for Windows and macOS!
But that’s not all…
You can use several devices simultaneously: start a discussion on your smartphone, end it on your computer.
Your discussions, contacts and groups remain synchronized, end-to-end encrypted and end-to-end authenticated, across all your devices.
This technology is a world first and is available immediately.
Download it here 👉 https://olvid.io/download
event
09/14/2023
📆 Meet our team at LES ASSISES Cybersecurity Forum in Monaco, October 11-14, booth 232, Espace Ravel. Come and discover the new desktop version and our complete Olvid Enterprise offer!
Olvid, winner of the Jury and Public Awards for Innovation at Les Assises 2020.
event
05/16/2023
📆 Meet our team at Ready For IT booth 33, May 23-25 in Monaco and discover our complete Olvid Entreprise offer!
product
05/05/2023
Great news! We just released a major update for the Olvid Management Console, central part of the Olvid Enterprise offer.
You can now create Olvid groups and discussions directly from the Console. And enjoy the following new features:
- Simplified installation process
- Improved user management
- Import users from CSV
- Upgrade to Keycloak 21.0.2
If you’re already an Olvid Enterprise subscriber, upgrade for free by following our guide. Or make an appointment to learn more about Olvid Enterprise👇.
distinction
04/24/2023
The COMEX of the University of Paris Dauphine-PSL uses Olvid Enterprise to ensure secure communications between all its members. An example in the field of Higher education and Research.
tv
04/18/2023
What is private messaging 🤔?
To know everything in 5 minutes 😎, enjoy the interview of our CEO Thomas Baignères by Raphael GRABLY in the Tech & Co show on BFM Business .
event
03/14/2023
📆 Meet our team at the International Cybersecurity Forum 2023, Stand A2, from April 5 to 7 in Lille. 🍟
Make an appointment via the FIC app or directly here 👇
publication
02/07/2023
Olvid signs the open letter on the challenges of security and sovereignty in the hosting of health data and supports the project to revise the Health Data Hosting (HDS) certification standard launched at the end of 2022 by the Digital Health Agency.
The protection of health data is a collective issue that requires the highest level of trust, even to the point of guaranteeing immunity to extraterritorial laws.
Their hosting must only be carried out with security conditions adapted to their level of criticality.
Let’s choose to protect European organizations and citizens. Let’s align ourselves with the sovereignty, trust and transparency of digital health services. 🤝
The 17 signers:
Media coverage:
publication
01/24/2023
Qwant, Proton, Olvid and murena publish the first barometer on the online privacy of the French (by Kantar), for the Data Protection Day of the Council of Europe.
➕ a practical guide to help keep our data truly private 🧯.
Media coverage:
👀 Read the Guide (EN) 👀 Guide (DE) 👀 Guide (FR) Website (FR) Tweet LinkedIn Post
interview
12/28/2022
“In real life, we don’t want anyone listening in on our conversations. Why should it be different in the digital world?” For Vanity Fair, Thomas Baignères talks to Hugo Wintrebert. A fine article to discover here 👉
distinction
12/01/2022
At Olvid, we are always excited to meet our users 😇.
Sometimes we’re even more delighted than usual 😊.
Thank you for stopping by to see us Mr. Minister 🙌. It was a great pleasure to discuss the future with you 🚀.
Jean-Noël Barrot, Minister Delegate in charge of Digital Transition and Telecommunications in the Ministry of Economy, Finance and Industrial and Digital Sovereignty .
Media echo:
Jean-Noël Barrot LinkedIn Post @jnbarrot Tweet Minister's Office Press Release (FR) LinkedIn Post Tweet
partnership
11/21/2022
📣 Olvid accelerates its integration in the cybersecurity ecosystem and joins HEXATRUST, an association of French companies recognized for the quality of their cybersecurity and trusted cloud solutions and innovations.
Media coverage:
distinction
10/27/2022
🏆 We are delighted to announce that Olvid is the winner of the 1st edition of the FRENCH TECH DEEPNUM20 !
This LaFrenchTech program supports technological champions in strategic sectors of the economy.
On Thursday, October 27, 2022, the Minister for Digital Transition and Telecommunications Jean-Noël Barrot and the Director of the Mission French Tech Clara Chappaz announced the list of winning start-ups of the 1st edition of the French Tech DeepNum20.
Media coverage:
interview
10/21/2022
« Thomas Baignères tells us about Olvid, the French instant messaging service that is not afraid of WhatsApp, Telegram or Signal… and for good reason 🚀”.
A new and fascinating interview for Pierre Cappelli’s blog, to be read here 👉
tv
10/11/2022
“Cyber: the war is declared”, an excellent documentary on cyber issues today. Directed by Coraline Salvoche and Alain Pirot.
For C DANS L’AIR. Broadcasted on prime time on France 5 (france tv). To watch here 👉
partnership
09/29/2022
📣 A complete, secure and sovereign collaborative suite soon on your screens! Thats’ Project TOO - for TIXEO | Oodrive | Olvid 😎.
Media coverage:
distinction
07/05/2022
Many thanks to the Economic Intelligence Portal and to the Economic Warfare School - EGE for granting Olvid the Digital Sovereignty Award!
We are grateful to AEGE - the economic intelligence experts network for this magnificent evening at the Gabriel Rotunda of École Militaire in celebration of the 25th anniversary of the Economic Warfare School - EGE and the 10th anniversary of the Economic Intelligence Portal. The theme of this Gala was “Serving France” 🇫🇷.
internet & press
06/13/2022
100 innovations of tomorrow chosen by a jury of excellence.
Because their inventors will shape our future with vision, science and a lot of nerve.
Olvid is very honored to be part of it.
👀 Read Le Point article 1 (FR) 👀 Read Le Point article 2 (FR) Tweet LinkedIn Post
event
05/30/2022
📆 We will be at FIC 2022, Stand F32, from June 7 to 9 in Lille.
The opportunity to meet us and share how to deploy Olvid in your company, simplify enrollment (add contacts in one click), rely on your own SSO, distribute Olvid via MDM, and much more!
event
05/12/2022
📆 The future of private messaging will be at booth 43 at Ready For IT 2022, from May 17-19 in Monaco! 🎪. An opportunity to meet our team and discover how to roll Olvid in your company!
tv
05/09/2022
Olvid was a guest on the Good Morning Business program presented by Audrey Maubert and Christophe Jakubyszyn on BFM Business. To watch or listen here 👉
partnership
05/04/2022
OLVID and TEHTRIS announce their 100% sovereign 🇪🇺 🇫🇷 and complementary partnership for an optimal security of smartphones and communication channel. 📱
Media coverage:
distinction
05/03/2022
RAID uses Olvid for secure communication!
The RAID (Research, Assistance, Intervention, Deterrence), an elite unit of the French National Police, chooses Olvid to ensure communications between all its members. Founded in 1985, the unit’s mission is to fight organized crime, gangsterism and terrorism. It must therefore protect itself more than anything else against malicious acts, with the constant challenge of securing the data shared between its members.
“We chose Olvid because it is an extremely advanced French solution in terms of cryptography, which protects the anonymity of RAID operators”, explains Eddy, head of the unit’s technical resources…
Media coverage:
👀 Read the press release (FR) LinkedIn Post Tweet from French National Police Tweet
tv & internet
03/18/2022
« We deserve extremely secure messaging ».
On France 24 for #Tech24, Guillaume Grallet consults Thomas Baignères on Telegram, then recommends Olvid.
Media coverage:
internet & press
Olvid in Le Point
03/17/2022
“We have to stop considering Telegram as an encrypted messenger. It is a social network like Facebook, without any particular security”.
For Le Point, Thomas Baignères talks with Guillaume Grallet . An excellent article to discover here 👉
Media echo:
tv
Olvid on B SMART
03/07/2022
TV Interview of Thomas Baignères by Thomas Hugues in Écosystème TV show with Franck DeCloquement, expert in strategic intelligence, from the School of Economic Warfare (EGE), member of the Center for Strategic Studies and Prospects (CEPS), of the Institute of Applied Geopolitical Studies (IEGA), and of the CyberTaskForce.
distinction
02/23/2022
Olvid selected to secure communications for all Gendarmerie Reserve Ambassadors.
ANAROSGend, the “National Association of Ambassadors of the Gendarmerie Operational and Specialty Reserves”, is now securing its communications with Olvid.
🇫🇷 A partnership that will benefit the hundreds and then thousands of Ambassadors of the Gendarmerie’s Operational and Specialty Reserve 👮♂️🧑🎓.
🙏 Thanks to Colonel Georges Pierrini, President of ANAROSGend, and to his teams for selecting Olvid.
distinction
02/15/2022
Olvid is a winner of the France 2030 Investment Plan which also supports the « development of innovative and critical cyber technologies », annonce Bruno Le Maire , Minister of the Economy, Finance and Recovery, by inaugurating the Campus Cyber in la Défense and reviewing the first achievements of the national cyber strategy, with Cédric O. , Secretary of State for Digital Transformation and Electronic Communications, and Frédérique Vidal , Minister of Higher Education, Research and Innovation.
👀 Read the Press Release from the Ministry of Economy and Finance 👀 Read the publication of the General Secretariat for Investment LinkedIn Post Tweet
product
12/31/2021
We kept our promise.
🔥🔥🔥 Olvid is open source 🔥🔥🔥
Media coverage:
interview
12/16/2021
Olvid had the privilege of participating in the excellent Deep tech Impact accelerator program of Agoranov 🚀. What did it bring us? Thomas Baignères answers in 2 minutes.
talk
12/03/2021
How to escape cyber and mass espionage? What questions should you ask yourself when choosing a communication method? Cédric Sylvestre shares.
partnership
10/13/2021
Sopra Steria, a European leader in consulting, digital services and software development, announces the launch of its new cyber resilience offer to help organizations securely recover their critical activities.
Sopra Steria chooses Olvid to preserve communication security in the event of an IT crisis.
👀 Read our press release (FR) 👀 Read the Sopra Steria press release (FR)
interview
09/19/2021
For Little-Syster’s interviews on privacy in the digital space, Jacques-André Bondy answers.
interview
09/09/2021
“Be FINALLY sure of the identity of your interlocutors thanks to Olvid”.
Denis Pénot, fraudologist, interviews Thomas Baignères for the Fraudology podcast #16.
press
07/23/2021
“How about giving Olvid a chance, Mr. President?”
Open letter to the French President, published by Le Point. Thank you Guillaume Grallet .
Media echo:
publication
07/22/2021
Much has been written about the Pegasus affair in recent days, and Olvid has been asked on several occasions.
Here we shed some light on the subject, and more generally on the risks involved in using instant messaging systems, including those that claim to be secure.
(The english translation will arrive soon).
French Media coverage :
event
06/14/2021
📆 Olvid will be at Viva Technology, Europe’s biggest startup and tech event. June 16-19, 2021. In Paris & online. Hosted by BNP Paribas - Lab / WAI.
interview
06/04/2021
Thomas Baignères in PortraitDeStartuper #50 on Sebastienbourguignon.com.
internet
06/01/2021
Olvid in France’s most promising deeptech startups to watch, according to investor Anne-Sophie Carrese, partner at Elaia Partners. By Cécile Bussy for Sifted, backed by Financial Times.
distinction
05/26/2021
Olvid was the only messenger to have a Security Visa (CSPN certification) issued by ANSSI. Now it’s the first to have two!
internet
05/22/2021
Olvid, « the purest fruit of French research » for France Inter. Thanks Christine Siméone .
internet
05/15/2021
“4 more privacy-friendly alternatives to WhatsApp” for RTL. Thanks Benjamin Hue .
tv & internet
05/14/2021
Olvid on RTBF news. Thanks to Jean-François Noulet and to Commissioner Olivier Bogaert of the Federal Computer Crime Unit, for introducing us at 02:05.
internet
04/16/2021
“Systematic Paris-Region is delighted with the success of Olvid, a well-known member of its Cyber & Security Hub.”
press & internet
Olvid in 60 millions de consommateurs
04/09/2021
“Instant messaging: what if we left WhatsApp?” for 60 millions de consommateurs, by Hervé Cabibbo .
internet
03/05/2021
Orange Cyberdefense presents Olvid as an alternative.
press
Olvid in Affiches Parisiennes
03/01/2021
“Instant messaging: what risks to corporate data sovereignty?” for Affiches Parisiennes, by Anne Moreaux .
press & internet
Olvid in L'Usine Nouvelle
02/24/2021
“When Whatsapp also worries companies” for L’Usine Nouvelle, by Marion Garreau . Also published in the print edition (No. 3692 - April 2, 2021).
talk
02/17/2021
Olvid invited to the MEDEF Webinar: “Instant messaging: what are the risks to your data sovereignty? A no-holds-barred debate on the digital and economic security of our data. Which actors should be trusted and under what security conditions? ”.
Opening by Geoffroy Roux de Bezieux , President of MEDEF .
Co-hosted by:
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Laurent Giovachini, Co-Chairman of the MEDEF’s Economic Sovereignty and Security Committee, CEO of Sopra Steria, Chairman of the Syntec X-ENSTA Federation.
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Christian Poyau , Co-President of the MEDEF’s Technological Change & Societal Impacts Commission, CEO of Micropole.
With:
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Marc-Antoine Brillant, deputy assistant director of strategy at the ANSSI (National Agency for Information Systems Security).
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Arnaud Vieules, deputy director of economic protection at the DGSI (General Directorate of Homeland Security).
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Thomas Baignères , CEO and co-founder of Olvid.
Conclusion by Christine Hennion , Deputy of Hauts de Seine.
Media coverage:
🎧 Listen to the webinar (FR) Tweet LinkedIn Post LinkedIn Post 2 LinkedIn Post 3
internet
Olvid in Alliancy
02/16/2021
“Medef prefers Olvid to WhatsApp” for Alliancy, by Catherine Moal.
press & internet
Olvid in La Croix
02/15/2021
“France wants to progress on cybersecurity” for La Croix, by Romain Subtil.
distinction
02/12/2021
Geoffroy Roux de Bezieux , President of the MEDEF visits Olvid and his team, surrounded by a delegation of professionals and the Press:
Laurent Giovachini, Co-Chairman of the Medef Sovereignty Committee, CEO of Sopra Steria, Chairman of the Syntec X-ENSTA Federation.
Christian Poyau , Co-Chairman of the Medef’s Technological Change & Societal Impacts Commission, CEO of Micropole.
Stephanie Tison , Deputy International Director of Medef.
Gautier Berna , Mission Director at Medef’s social division.
Francine Bertrand , Director of the WAI Paris Accelerator at BNP Paribas Développement Innovation.
Marguerite Bérard , Director of Networks France, member of the Executive Committee of BNP Paribas.
Media coverage:
distinction
02/12/2021
“Bye bye WhatsApp, hello Olvid. The MEDEF changes messaging and chooses a French player” publishes its President, Geoffroy Roux de Bezieux .
Media coverage:
internet
Olvid in 01Net
01/30/2021
“Olvid: how to get started with the “world’s most secure” messaging system” in 01Net. Thanks Geoffroy Ondet.
internet
Olvid in SDBR News
01/25/2021
“With Olvid, users regain possession of their digital identity…” for SDBR News. Thank you Alain Establier.
👀 Read the SDBR News article (FR) 👀 Read the previous SDBR article (FR)
internet & press
Olvid in Le Figaro
01/22/2021
Olvid in “Alternative instant messaging solutions are taken by storm”, by Ingrid Vergara . Also published in the printed edition.
tv & internet
Olvid invited on 01HEBDO
01/21/2021
Jacques-André Bondy was the guest of François Sorel and Jérôme Colombain in 01HEBDO on 01TV, the video channel of the high-tech news website 01net.com.
Followed by a precise article written by Gilbert Kallenborn .
talk
Podcast La Robe Numérique
01/20/2021
Oriana Labruyère , lawyer in digital law and DPO, receives Cédric Sylvestre for the launch of the podcast La Robe Numérique (The Digital Dress) which allows to discover technological solutions responding to modern legal issues.
🎧 Listen to the Apple podcast (fr) 🎧 Listen to the Spotify Podcast (fr)
tv
Thomas invited by Smart Tech on B SMART
01/19/2021
Thomas Baignères was the guest of Delphine Sabattier in Smart Tech on B SMART TV, alongside Claire Poirson and Benoit Grunemwald. A beautiful set for an exciting topic: “What do messengers do with our data?”
internet & press
01/16/2021
In-depth interview of Thomas Baignères by Le Point. And reminder in the print edition (No. 2527 - January 21st, 2021). Thank you Guillaume Grallet for this time and all these details.
Media coverage:
internet
Olvid on RTL
01/13/2021
“Olvid, the French messaging service more secure than WhatsApp and Signal” for RTL. Thanks Benjamin Hue .
Media coverage:
internet
Olvid on Phonandroid
01/13/2021
“Olvid: this French messaging app is more secure than WhatsApp and Signal” for Phonandroid. Thanks Florian Bayard.
press
12/31/2020
Thomas Baignères and Olvid in the “Most Significant Interviews of 2020” for 🗞 clubic, alongside a co-creator of Siri and David Caroll, a Cambridge Analytica/Facebook whistleblower, among others 👏. The year is off to a strong start. Thank you Alexandre Boero . Best wishes to all of you.
talk
12/02/2020
Conference at the Cyber Club of the AEGE (Alumni of the Economic Warfare School). “Can you trust WhatsApp, Telegram, Signal, etc.?”
press
Olvid on the front page of clubic
10/28/2020
We dreamed about it, Alexandre Boero did it 🙌 ! Thanks to him for this great interview where we come back on what makes Olvid a really respectful messaging service for its users, really safe, fundamentally different!
Media follow-up:
press
Olvid in Les Echos Entrepreneurs
10/20/2020
“IT: Olvid sells its ultra-secure messaging service”.
Interview with Jonathan Grelier.
press
Olvid in Le Figaro Economie
10/16/2020
That is done 🙌! “Olvid, a French start-up, challenges WhatsApp and Telegram on security” by Ingrid Vergara . Also published in the week-end printed edition of Le Figaro Economie, with the anniversary issue of Madame Figaro’s 40th birthday.
distinction
10/15/2020
Olvid has the tremendeous honnor to be awarded the jury and public prizes of the Innovation Award of the Cybersecurity Forum Les Assises 2020.
Media coverage:
distinction
09/18/2020
Olvid becomes the first instant messenger to receive a Security Visa (CSPN certification) issued by ANSSI. It attests to Olvid’s robustness, based on a compliance analysis and penetration tests performed by an independent Information Technology Security Assessment Center, renowned for its high standards.
Media coverage:
tv
Olvid is a guest of Smart Tech on B SMART TV
07/06/2020
Thomas Baignères was invited by Delphine Sabattier in the TV show Smart Tech on B SMART TV Channel to share his expertise on this good subject: “And tomorrow… The future of instant messaging”.
distinction
06/30/2020
The mathematical and independent proof of Olvid’s security is available. Thanks to Michel Abdalla, Adjunct Professor at ENS, CNRS Senior Researcher and Chairman of the Board of IACR (International Association for Cryptologic Research) for this honor 🙏.
press
Olvid featured among the 100 startup handpicked by Challenges!
04/30/2020
Every year, the weekly business magazine Challenges publishes a handpicked selection of 100 startups. We are very proud to be part of the 2020 edition 😎!
distinction
04/10/2020
Ecole Polytechnique’s Information Systems Department recommends Olvid among its tools for widespread mobile working, following the COVID-19 related containment. Thank you for this honor 🙏.
Media coverage:
talk
03/03/2020
“Can you trust instant messengers? WhatsApp, Telegram, Signal, and all others…”
If you want to understand how these messengers work, their security model, and how they treat your personal data, listen to Thomas Baignères and Matthieu Finiasz.
press
Olvid in Challenges, the French weekly business magazine
02/18/2020
“Olvid, the French messenger that aims to be more secure than WhatsApp, Telegram and Signal”.
Challenges, the French weekly business magazine, publishes a comprehensive article entirely dedicated to Olvid, by Antoine Izambard .
Media coverage:
tv
Olvid on BFM Business in Tech & Co
02/11/2020
Thomas Baignères looked at the specifics of Olvid on BFM Business , in Tech & Co , hosted by Frédéric Simottel .
distinction
01/29/2020
Olvid has the honnor to be rewarded the FIC 2020 Startup Award, from the hands of Frédéric Julhes, President of the jury and CEO of Airbus Cybersecurity SAS, during the FIC (International Cybersecurity Forum) .
Media coverage:
talk
NoLimitSecu Podcast
11/24/2019
Thomas Baignères and Matthieu Finiasz discuss what sets Olvid apart from other messengers with Hervé Schauer , Johanne Ulloa and Vladimir Kolla, for NoLimitSecu .
Media coverage:
🎧 Listen to the podcast (fr) 🎧 Listen to the Apple podcast (fr)
talk
Lecture in Cnam, Paris
06/12/2019
Lecture in Cnam (Conservatoire national des arts et métiers) in Paris about “Security models of mobile messaging apps and applications of cryptography in communications” for the 2019 National Days of GDR Sécurité Informatique, an animation tool of the French scientific research in computer security, created by The Institute for Information Sciences and Technologies (INS2I) of the CNRS.
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Olvid in Wavestone's 2019 Cyber-security Startups radar.
05/01/2019
Olvid is featured in Wavestone’s 2019 Cyber-security Startups radar. Wavestone publishes its annual overview of cybersecurity startups, highlighting the main trends. “Privacy has become a major topic.”
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OSSIR Conference
04/09/2019
“Building an instant messenger providing true security: Which security model? Which cryptographic means?”
Conference for members of OSSIR (Observatory of the Security of Information Systems and Networks) .
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Presentation to CESIN
03/19/2019
Presentation of the challenges of securing communications to CESIN, the club of Cybersecurity Experts members.
publication
12/01/2018
“Securing our Communications: From Email to Whatsapp and Beyond”.
Publication of our article in the International Cybersecurity Observatory by FIC (International Cybersecurity Forum) .