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France passes bill to allow police remotely activate phone camera, microphone, spy on people (gazettengr.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Looks like there are caveats to this law:

You would need to be a suspect in a crime that has a punishment of 5 or more years in prison in order for the phone to be geolocated.

For video/audio you need to fall under the definition of organised crime or terrorism.

BUT... If you are an environmental activist, someone might consider you a type of terrorist. So, this is pretty big news. Plus, there are loads of crimes that have 5 year sentences.

French sauce: https://www.lcp.fr/actualites/justice-l-assemblee-autorise-l-activation-a-distance-des-telephones-portables-pour

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

They're calling all the current protesters terrorists. They'll abuse this to put down any protest.