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Michel GIEN, Co-founder and CEO of Twinlife<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n

“The objective of Twinlife? Giving people back control over their personal data […] This period put the finger on it! “<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n

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What services does Twinlife offer?

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Christian Jacquemot and I founded Twinlife in 2012.
Our goal was to give people back control over their interactions through internet tools and in particular messaging services, voice calls and videos. So we developed “twinme”: a mobile application on Android and iOS. The PC version is in progress. twinme works a bit like WhatsApp or Messenger: it allows you to make calls (voice and video), send text, photo or video messages to one or more people at the same time.
On the other hand, unlike WhatsApp, Messenger, or other so-called “secure” services like Signal or Telegram, twinme does not use any personal information. twinme users do not need to register, give their phone number, email address, or other user ID, nor do they need to give access to their address book. Your network of contacts and the graph of your interactions are thus inaccessible. They cannot be analyzed to know “what you do” and therefore “who you are”!
Moreover, unlike competing applications, all communications including message exchanges are done in Peer to Peer (P2P), i.e. directly from terminal to terminal (from phone or tablet to phone), without going through a distribution server in the cloud. Live exchanges are normally used for calls (audio and\/or video), but not for messages, which are usually sent to a server that then delivers them to the recipient(s).
With twinme, the contents of the messages remain in the sender’s device, which connects to the receiver’s device to send the message directly to him.
One of the advantages is to leave no trace of the content (even encrypted) in a server in the cloud. In addition, the absence of a content distribution infrastructure minimizes the energy and environmental footprint of the service. twinme thus guarantees the protection of the privacy of its users.
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What is your business model?<\/strong>

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Since we can’t sell personal data since we don’t have it, our business model is to license twinme to organizations that want to provide a trusted means of communication within their community. We have already licensed twinme to the Skyrock group which offers it under the brand name “Skred”. To date, twinme and Skred has 10 million users worldwide (in the Middle East, Africa, Europe, the United States, Russia, China, etc.).
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Did the COVID-19 crisis have a direct impact on your business? <\/strong>

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The entire TwinLife team (9 people) has been telecommuting since the beginning of the crisis.
We realized that our communication tool was bringing together people who needed it the most and we put our efforts into it. An audio\/video conferencing service has been developed that can be connected to using a standard twinme invitation code. This code can be, for example, placed at the bottom of a building to allow its inhabitants to scan it and find themselves online without exchanging their phone number or other personal data. twinme allows you to interact at a distance with people you know but also with people you don’t know, as is the case in “physical” life.
We had been thinking about this service for some time, but the COVID situation prompted us to develop it more quickly.
Indeed, the need for digital communications has accelerated during this period. Thanks to the “privacy” dimension that we guarantee, our service can be used by children, without email address or phone number, as long as they have a tablet with a wifi connection. During this time, children could make video calls with their grandparents, for example, in complete safety.
The containment validated our initial intention to give users back control of their digital communications services.
Twinlife’s goal has always been to give people back control over their personal data and thus counter the model of monopolies that provide “free” services by selling their users’ data. This period has put the finger on this issue and the social, ethical impact that we seek to promote and that has been validated in this crisis.

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Has the profile of twinme users changed during this period?<\/strong>


twinme is often a means of family communication, used in particular by broken families. Nowadays, the use is much wider. twinme is used, for example, by expatriates or seconded workers, who were away from their families during the crisis.
We think that this crisis has allowed us to discover our application through word of mouth since we don’t have the means to invest in marketing yet.
The crisis had a positive impact for us: people needed to communicate and more so with secure tools.<\/p> <\/div>

What are the prospects for development, whether it concerns your product or the Twinlife company? <\/strong>

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In view of the number of twinme users (nearly 10 million), we are considering reviewing our business model. For example, we are thinking of asking our users to pay for some of the application’s features, while keeping the basic features (calls, message exchanges, etc.) free.
We are also thinking of addressing companies, such as SMEs or other small businesses that use Zoom, Skype, Teams … and offer them to take a subscription to twinme. This would allow them to interact with their employees, suppliers or customers, without the need to share their private phone numbers.<\/p> <\/div> <\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Co-founder and CEO of Twinlife<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n

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For more information about Twinlife :<\/p>\n\n

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Nous avons donc d\u00e9velopp\u00e9 \"twinme\" : une application mobile sur Android et iOS. La version PC est en cours. twinme fonctionne un peu comme WhatsApp ou Messenger : elle permet de passer des appels (vocal et vid\u00e9o), d'envoyer des messages textes, photos ou vid\u00e9os \u00e0 une ou plusieurs personnes en m\u00eame temps.<br\/>Par contre, contrairement \u00e0 WhatsApp, Messenger, ou autres services dits \"s\u00e9curis\u00e9s\" comme Signal ou Telegram, twinme n'utilise aucune information personnelle. Les utilisateurs de twinme n\u2019ont pas besoin de s'enregistrer, ni d\u2019indiquer leur num\u00e9ro de t\u00e9l\u00e9phone, adresse mail, ou autre user ID, ni donner acc\u00e8s \u00e0 leur carnet d'adresses. Votre r\u00e9seau de contacts et le graphe de vos interactions sont ainsi inaccessibles. Ils ne peuvent pas \u00eatre analys\u00e9s pour savoir \"ce que vous faites\" et donc \"qui vous \u00eates\" !<br\/>De plus, contrairement aux applications concurrentes, toutes les communications y compris les \u00e9changes de messages se font en Peer to Peer (P2P), c\u2019est-\u00e0-dire directement de terminal \u00e0 terminal (de t\u00e9l\u00e9phone ou tablette \u00e0 t\u00e9l\u00e9phone), sans passer par un serveur de distribution dans le cloud. Les \u00e9changes en direct sont normalement utilis\u00e9s pour les appels (audio et\/ou vid\u00e9o), mais pas pour les messages qui sont g\u00e9n\u00e9ralement envoy\u00e9s \u00e0 un serveur qui les distribue ensuite au(x) destinataire(s).<br\/>Avec twinme, les contenus des messages restent dans l'appareil de l'exp\u00e9diteur, qui se connecte \u00e0 l'appareil du r\u00e9cepteur pour lui envoyer le message directement.<br\/>Un des avantages est de ne laisser aucune trace des contenus (m\u00eame chiffr\u00e9e) dans un serveur dans le cloud. De plus, l'absence d'infrastructure de distribution de contenus minimise l'empreinte \u00e9nerg\u00e9tique et environnementale du service. twinme garantit ainsi la protection de la vie priv\u00e9e de ses utilisateurs.<br\/>","inLanguage":"en-US"},"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Question","@id":"https:\/\/lafrenchtech-paris-saclay.fr\/en-savoir-sur-twinlife\/#faq-question-1599136633576","position":2,"url":"https:\/\/lafrenchtech-paris-saclay.fr\/en-savoir-sur-twinlife\/#faq-question-1599136633576","name":"Quel est votre business model ?","answerCount":1,"acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Comme on ne peut pas vendre de donn\u00e9es personnelles puisque nous n'en disposons pas, notre business model consiste \u00e0 licencier twinme \u00e0 des organisations qui veulent fournir un moyen de communication de confiance au sein de leur communaut\u00e9. Nous avons d'ores et d\u00e9j\u00e0 licenci\u00e9 twinme au groupe Skyrock qui le propose sous la marque \u00ab Skred \u00bb. A ce jour, twinme et Skred comptabilise 10 millions d'utilisateurs dans le monde (au Moyen-Orient, en Afrique, en Europe, aux Etats Unis, en Russie, en Chine, etc.).<br\/>","inLanguage":"en-US"},"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Question","@id":"https:\/\/lafrenchtech-paris-saclay.fr\/en-savoir-sur-twinlife\/#faq-question-1599136597201","position":3,"url":"https:\/\/lafrenchtech-paris-saclay.fr\/en-savoir-sur-twinlife\/#faq-question-1599136597201","name":"Est-ce que la crise COVID-19 a eu un impact direct sur votre activit\u00e9 ?\u00a0","answerCount":1,"acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Toute l\u2019\u00e9quipe TwinLife (9 personnes) a \u00e9t\u00e9 en t\u00e9l\u00e9travail d\u00e8s le d\u00e9but de la crise.<br\/>On s'est rendu compte que notre outil de communication rapprochait les gens qui en avaient grand besoin et on a mis les bouch\u00e9es doubles. On a d\u00e9velopp\u00e9 un service d'audio\/vid\u00e9o conf\u00e9rence auquel il est possible de se connecter \u00e0 partir d'un code d'invitation twinme standard. Ce code peut \u00eatre, par exemple, mis \u00e0 disposition en bas d\u2019un immeuble pour permettre \u00e0 ses habitants de le scanner et se retrouver en ligne sans \u00e9changer leur num\u00e9ro de t\u00e9l\u00e9phone ou autre donn\u00e9e personnelle. twinme permet ainsi d'interagir \u00e0 distance avec des personnes que l'on connait mais aussi que l'on ne connait pas, comme c'est le cas dans la vie \"physique\".<br\/>On avait imagin\u00e9 ce service depuis quelques temps, mais la situation COVID nous a incit\u00e9 \u00e0 le d\u00e9velopper plus rapidement.<br\/>En effet, le besoin de communications digitales s'est acc\u00e9l\u00e9r\u00e9 pendant cette p\u00e9riode. Gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 la dimension \u00ab privacy \u00bb que l\u2019on garantit, notre service peut \u00eatre utilis\u00e9 par des enfants, sans adresse mail et sans num\u00e9ro de t\u00e9l\u00e9phone, pourvu qu'ils disposent d'une tablette avec une connexion wifi. Durant cette p\u00e9riode, les enfants pouvaient ainsi effectuer des appels vid\u00e9o avec leurs grands-parents, par exemple, en tout s\u00e9curit\u00e9.<br\/>Le confinement a valid\u00e9 notre intention initiale qui \u00e9tait justement de redonner aux utilisateurs, le contr\u00f4le de leurs services de communications digitales.<br\/>L\u2019objectif de Twinlife a toujours \u00e9t\u00e9 de redonner aux gens le contr\u00f4le de leurs donn\u00e9es personnelles et contrer ainsi le mod\u00e8le des monopoles qui fournissent des services \"gratuits\" en revendant les donn\u00e9es de leurs utilisateurs. Cette p\u00e9riode a mis le doigt sur ce sujet et sur l'impact social, \u00e9thique, que nous cherchons \u00e0 promouvoir et qui a \u00e9t\u00e9 valid\u00e9 dans le cadre de cette crise.<br\/><br\/>","inLanguage":"en-US"},"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Question","@id":"https:\/\/lafrenchtech-paris-saclay.fr\/en-savoir-sur-twinlife\/#faq-question-1599670611496","position":4,"url":"https:\/\/lafrenchtech-paris-saclay.fr\/en-savoir-sur-twinlife\/#faq-question-1599670611496","name":"Le profil des utilisateurs de twinme a-t-il chang\u00e9 durant cette p\u00e9riode ?","answerCount":1,"acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"<br\/>twinme est souvent un moyen de communication familial, utilis\u00e9 en particulier par les familles d\u00e9compos\u00e9es. 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