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Party like it's 1984
« on: July 06, 2023, 07:58:15 PM »
This could never be abused right?
And how long before the code to do this gets out into the wild?
Meanwhile the NSA: Meh

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French police should be able to spy on suspects by remotely activating the camera, microphone and GPS of their phones and other devices, lawmakers agreed late Wednesday.

Part of a wider justice reform bill, the spying provision has been attacked by the left and rights defenders as an authoritarian snoopers' charter, though Justice Minister Eric Dupond-Moretti insists it would affect only 'dozens of cases a year'.

Covering laptops, cars and other connected objects as well as phones, the measure would allow geolocation of suspects in crimes punishable by at least five years' jail


Police will be allowed to spy on suspects by remotely activating their phones' camera, microphone and GPS under new French laws dubbed a 'snoopers' charter'
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12270033/French-police-able-spy-suspects-activating-phones-camera-microphone-GPS.html

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Re: Party like it's 1984
« Reply #1 on: July 06, 2023, 08:24:32 PM »
All the Gen Zers switching to dumb phones seem to be on to something.
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