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France passes bill to allow police remotely activate phone camera, microphone, spy on people (gazettengr.com)
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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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[–] hoodatninja@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

Hih

[–] albatros@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Completely depends on the country

Yes but this thread is about something happening in France, so I wasn't talking about US laws...

[–] hoodatninja@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Hih

[–] fuzzzerd@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

While true, they can still give you a hard time. If you simply don't have one they can't do much about that.

[–] sadreality@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Better not use biometrics lol

They can force it then and good luck crying to the courts about it.