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submitted 2 years ago by L4s@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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.

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[-] Kekzkrieger@feddit.de 0 points 2 years ago

Better to not bring your phone during protests anyways.

[-] guyrocket@kbin.social 0 points 2 years 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.

[-] albatros@kbin.social 0 points 2 years ago

If you get arrested during a protest, they can force you to unlock the phone (it can be a felony to refuse) , so better not to bring it at all.

[-] AshTheGoblin@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago

France, yall okay with this?

[-] nargacu83@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years 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.

[-] admin@lemmy.magnor.ovh 1 points 2 years ago

Preach. The shitshow is only getting started.

[-] cygnus_velum@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years 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 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 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?

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