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Einar to World [email protected]English • 2 years ago

France passes bill to allow police to remotely activate phone camera and microphone to spy on people

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France passes bill to allow police to remotely activate phone camera and microphone to spy on people

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France passes bill to allow police remotely activate phone camera, microphone, spy on people
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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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    22•2 years ago

    The article does not mention, how will this be achieved technology wise? I don’t know of any universal way that a government might activate these features on a person’s phone. Unless network operators/phone manufacturers start installing backdoors. This does not bode well.

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      6•2 years ago

      Cell carriers can already push apps to your device.

      https://www.forbes.com/sites/matthickey/2014/12/01/carriers-can-now-install-apps-on-android-handsets-without-customers-permission/?sh=2f169ccc5dde

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        I assume/hope this isn’t true if you bought the phone outside a contract?

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          If you have a cell plan, they can push to your SIM.

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      Ohhh my sweet summer child. Who is it that is making those phones?

      Let me tell you, it’s Google.

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