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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 L4s to c/technology
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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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[–] FlyingSquid 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Weren't Iran's centrifuges only hacked because they used off-the-shelf parts made in the U.S.?

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

We dropped a USB stick in the parking lot and they plugged the virus into the system lol

[–] FartsWithAnAccent 3 points 1 year ago

I don't know that part would have made much difference, they were already air gapped and the NSA probably could have figured out just about any centrifuge: The hard part was delivering the payload, which was apparently delivered via a rubber ducky left in a parking lot.