You say it is obvious but yet you still talking about using Signal.

The logic is simple, is it French ? Yes, ok we can use it if it is secure. No, we won’t use it.

I am not endorsing this logic, this is just the logic the politician are using. So no, financing Signal won’t be a solution here.

And of course what is the simplest way to spy your citizens, control the main way of communication.

French here. It is all about the IT sovereignty (souveraineté numérique). The idea is to use French solutions in order to limit leaks if confidential information and dealing with other country without worrying about threat of limiting, stopping critical services. Also it is easier to apply EU laws like GPDR. That is why all the French private company dealing with sensitive information (military, cyber security…) are only using French solutions.

In french you can say états-unien and you might translate it as States-nan

No problems, thank you anyway to share the article ! :)

I think it could be great if next time you write which country it is about.