[Mobile Games] France prohibits its officials from installing 'games like Candy Crush' on their mobiles

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Candy Crush is on a list of recreational apps that French officials will be prohibited from installing on official mobile phones. The reason? That it presents 'cybersecurity risks'.

The Government of France has warned its public employees that soon, immediately, it will be prohibited to install recreational applications on official mobile phones. It affects not only video games, but also social networks and messaging applications, but specifically mentions that "games like Candy Crush" will not be allowed on smartphones offered to French public employees.

There is still no exact list of mobile games that have been banned, but King's hit puzzle game is mentioned among other applications such as TikTok, Twitter or Netflix, according to reports from LeMonde. It is estimated that the ban will affect 2.5 million public employees in France, although for the moment the sanctions that may be applied to those who break the rule have not been set. It has also been confirmed that there will be individual exceptions regarding favoring institutional communication.

 

Why have these games and apps been banned in France?
The curious thing about this decision is that it was not born to prevent French officials from being distracted, but rather as a barrier to possible attacks or breaches in the security of the administration. Stanislas Guerini, Minister of Public Function, assures that these applications present "risks in terms of cybersecurity and data protection of public officials and the administration", a conclusion drawn from an analysis carried out by the National Agency for Security of Information Systems. Information (Anssi) and the Interministerial Digital Department (Dinum).

Candy Crush Saga was released more than 10 years ago on iOS and Android, platforms on which it has achieved enormous worldwide success. It is also available in compa since 2015.

 

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