Paris (AFP)
The controversial StopCovid mobile data tracing project is "technically clearly not ready" at this stage and should "not be at the heart" of the containment exit plan presented by the Prime Minister to the Assembly on Tuesday, experts say. parliamentary sources LREM Monday.
"The StopCovid application is not ready for the time being, it is not at the heart of the plan for gradual containment which will be presented tomorrow", according to a message circulating among LREM officials and that AFP was able to consult.
"It is clear that StopCovid is not technically ready. It is not ready and it will surely be gently buried. French-style," said even a parliamentarian, who was not among the critics of this project.
"Nobody talks about it in the constituency. What interests us is the date and the sanitary conditions of the gradual deconfinement", from Monday 11 May, added this "walker" to AFP.
The entourage of Cédric O, Secretary of State for Digital, assures for his part that "the work on the StopCovid application continues, in connection with our European partners. The Prime Minister will discuss his potential role in the deconfinement plan tomorrow in his speech to the National Assembly ".
Inspired by tools deployed in countries like Singapore, this tracking device should make it possible to alert people who have been in contact with patients with coronavirus.
But even if this application would work on a voluntary basis, it is criticized down to the majority for its risks concerning the privacy of users.
Sunday, the National Commission for Data Protection (Cnil) gave the green light in principle, while asking for certain "additional guarantees". She wants "to be able to vote again after the debate in Parliament has taken place".
This subject of tracing was hardly mentioned Monday evening during the virtual meeting of the parliamentary group LREM.
The Prime Minister is due to unveil the architecture of the government's planned deconfinement plan at 3 p.m. on Tuesday at the National Assembly.
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