GrapheneOS bails on OVHcloud over France's privacy stance

French cloud outfit OVHcloud took another hit this week after GrapheneOS, a mobile operating system, said it was ditching the company's servers over concerns about France's approach to digital privacy.

The project posted on X (formerly Twitter): "We no longer have any active servers in France and are continuing the process of leaving OVH."

"France isn't a safe country for open source privacy projects," the group explained. "They expect backdoors in encryption and for device access too. Secure devices and services are not going to be allowed.

"We don't feel safe using OVH for even a static website with servers in Canada/US via their Canada/US subsidiaries."

While OVH did not provide The Register with a response, the company's boss, Octave Klaba, posted: "Guys, we like what you develop. It's great!

"But the way you explain your issue is confusing. Reading your tweet ...