From what my French friends have told me, the public attitude there does take for granted that Government will know everything about you. They see the US debate

From what my French friends have told me, the public attitude there does take for granted that Government will know everything about you. They see the US debate over Internet privacy as silly (never had enjoyed those liberties themselves during the land-line phone era). I have never been in France myself, so take this comment with a grain of salt.