Find XO: French Parliament Suggested Creating a Backdoor in Messenger Encryption (reclaimthenet.org)

- The French Parliament's intelligence committee recommended a ghost participant technique that secretly inserts government agents into WhatsApp, Signal, and Telegram conversations. - Cryptographically, this is similar to key escrow structures and is essentially a backdoor. - This follows trends like the UK's demand for an iCloud backdoor from Apple and the EU's Chat Control debates. - While this presents opportunities for teams developing privacy tools, customers are more likely to act if they can be explained code audits and key management rather than just the term self-hosting.