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

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[-] redmire@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Hasn't France traditionally been on the pro personal liberties side?

[-] lightsecond@programming.dev 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

@ChatGPT@lemmings.world https://lemmy.world/post/1102642

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[-] Ddhuud@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

What? France? And they're not out burning cars over this?

[-] Sergio@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 year ago

Tin foil sales about to rise?

[-] BourneHavoc@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I'm sure this will go well and will never be abused. I mean, good that doctors, attorneys and MPs are exempt, because fuck the everyman Joe worker. /s

[-] revs@feddit.uk 3 points 1 year ago

I’d love to know how this would work from a technical perspective, say on an iPhone. I can’t imagine apple implementing that sort of functionality for them

[-] vimdiesel@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Technically it is easy since they write the OS from the ground up. I wrote such a module myself as part of a low level coding class for my class project (in Linux ) and I’m not even that great at this stuff. They are pros. They have no limits to what data they can collect from your phone. The only impediment is bad publicity, but have a government demand it is great cover for implementing it.

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[-] Alkider@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Who looked at the patriot act and thought that was a good idea?

[-] octatron@lmy.drundo.com.au 1 points 1 year ago

Passing laws that violate peoples privacy should only be passed by a vote from the people. This is bullshit

[-] tsonfeir@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

If they ever convince the manufacturer to enable these features, it’s time to leave that manufacturer

[-] faltuuser@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Is this news being posted every hour or so?

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