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Re:France’s government is building its own encrypted messeng... by Davidbrcz on Tuesday April 17, 2018 @03:24AM (#16856248)
That seems insane, even for the French government. Do you have a source ? I can't find anything with a 2 minutes search.
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Re:France’s government is building its own encrypted messeng... by hadrien01 on Tuesday April 17, 2018 @03:29AM (#16856266)
http://www.itespresso.fr/saip-application-alerte-attentat-ec...

That actually was the estimated cost; it grew at least at 81,5M€. (there's also a story in the article about one of the components of that seemingly simple app being 37 months late)

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Re:France’s government is building its own encrypted messeng... by Davidbrcz on Tuesday April 17, 2018 @03:33AM (#16856283)
81.5 for the whole project SAIP (broadcasting warnings on several mediums (phone, ad panels, radio, TV,...), not only the SAIP app.
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