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.

  • 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?

    • 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.