According to The Connexion, he also claimed not to be in favor of any ban on the identity-masking Tor network, and said he had no knowledge of any request by police for backdoor access to services like Skype or Whatsapp. Seeming to side with voicescalling out the measures as changes that would actually make France's citizens less safe, Valls said any changes needed to be "effective." While we wait to see what rules may be enacted, France is still under a state of emergency, scheduled to last until February 26th.