I am with nostr:npub1h8nk2346qezka5cpm8jjh3yl5j88pf4ly2ptu7s6uu55wcfqy0wq36rpev on that. The French government does not care about protecting citizens from criminal offenders. They want to stick their noses in your and my peer-to-peer conversations in order to consolidate their power and get closer to their goal of establishing a totalitarian government a la Louis XIV. 

But without Versailles. Unlike the sun king, they might not go back to not taking daily showers. Unless, of course, they seek inspiration from other totalitarian leaders like chairman Mao and decide that taking showers is for only for lowly plebs.

https://www.grunge.com/181873/the-disgusting-truth-about-mao-zedongs-personal-hygiene/