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GrapheneOS exits French servers and French cloud provider over security concerns

The open source privacy project said France expects backdoors that are impossible to create.

Updated Nov 27, 2025 11:48 AM / Published Nov 26, 2025 10:32 AM 3 min read

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Updated at 11:20 a.m. on November 27, 2025, to include commentary from GrapheneOS.

Security-focussed mobile platform GrapheneOS said it has pulled its services from French servers and is migrating off the French cloud provider OVHCloud, claiming the country expects government-mandated backdoors.

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Noah Bovenizer

Noah Bovenizer is a senior reporter with The Stack. He previously covered the transportation sector for Global Data. He has a first class degree in journalism and has also worked as a newsreader for Gaydio.