This is just a crappy article from a crappy mainstream media.

Now, France is definitely not the best place in the world for privacy-minded fellas. AFAIK, we're one of the last remaining western countries to have laws governing the import/supply of cryptographic tools¹ (basically, you have to declare it to the French cyber authority). We have a law that defines a presumption of guilt when the way money is handled "can only be justified by an attempt to conceal the origin of funds"², which now includes the use of privacy techniques in the context of crypto-currencies.

So yes, this police fella saying that "when this system is present on a mobile phone, it is a clear indicator of technical sophistication and an intent to conceal" is very concerning. But it's mostly that: