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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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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (4 children)

A Google search for "France phone camera" only gives this posted link and dailymail.co.uk article, both of which are not really trustworthy sources, IMO.

So I'm gonna go with "this is very possibly fake news".

[–] [email protected] 40 points 1 year ago

Not fake. Just not really talked about in English, but it was mentioned in most French newspapers.

https://www.leparisien.fr/high-tech/loi-justice-lactivation-des-telephones-a-distance-approuvee-par-lassemblee-nationale-05-07-2023-SY5B2JW7H5FYRAD2RVMNZ3KMSQ.php

https://www.la-croix.com/France/Justice-feu-vert-lAssemblee-lactivation-distance-telephones-mouchards-2023-07-05-1201274354

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