A bill that would allow police in France to spy on suspects by remotely activating cameras, microphone including GPS of their phones has been passed.

A bill that would allow police in France to spy on suspects by remotely activating cameras, microphone including GPS of their phones has been passed.

  • mrmanager@lemmy.todayEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Nice society we live in. All those sci fi movies was just giving ideas for the people who wants everyone to be under their boot.

  • Boabab@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    There is so much news like this coming from France lately. What is going on over there?

    • Tigbitties@kbin.social
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      1 year ago

      Huge wealth gap. Poor people are treated like shit. They’re are hungry and angry. Historically, the French are quick to protest and the rich are doing what they can to stop it. I believe we’re getting a glimpse of what is going to happen all over the world soon.

    • nargacu83@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 year ago

      I can’t even reconize my country values for the past few months and yet it’s only the beginning for the current government, we still have 4 years to go with Macron. Who knows what ideas they hold for the future.

  • cygnus_velum@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    How is this even feasible on Android or iPhones? Are they going to force everyone to download Team Viewer or something?

    • Spiracle@kbin.social
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      1 year ago

      While this news article is, apparently, not trustworthy, in general, France could demand every phone sold in the country include some kind of spyware. Many sellers already add a lot of programs by default anyway, so this would be how I image it might be implemented.

      Given that 7 people were recently arrested for using privacy respecting tools like the Signal messenger and Protonmail, removing that bloatware/spyware might then be cause enough to arrest you. After all, only terrorists want to have privacy, right?

    • guyrocket@kbin.social
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      1 year ago

      I would suggest getting one of those faraday bags that block the signals to/from the phone. Then, if you really need it, you can still use it.