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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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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If you get arrested during a protest, they can force you to unlock the phone (it can be a felony to refuse) , so better not to bring it at all.