GrapheneOS Pulls Servers From France Over Backdoor Demands and User Criminalization

GrapheneOS has withdrawn all French infrastructure and terminated its OVHcloud hosting relationship, citing government pressure for encryption backdoors and a security incident in which a user was referred to authorities for running the hardened OS. The move signals escalating tension between privacy-focused tools and state "lawful access" mandates. For most users, the withdrawal is operationally transparent, but it underscores a structural incompatibility: systems designed to resist all external parties—including infrastructure providers—cannot coherently operate under regimes that demand backdoor access.