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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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[–] tikitaki@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago (5 children)

at least they're honest about it

i'd imagine they have the same ability here in the states they're just gonna advertise the fact

[–] Hyperreality@kbin.social 10 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children)

Patriot act + 2008 FISA Amendments Act.

See also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PRISM

It's not exactly a secret anymore, it's just that no one seems to care.

[–] tikitaki@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

from what i understand, this gives the power to monitor communications like emails / text messages. which in my opinion is fundamentally different from turning on your camera or microphone.

having said that, I haven't read into this in depth so perhaps that was outlined previously

[–] Hyperreality@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

The NSA has a 'product' catalog called ANT:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ANT_catalog

One example is DROPOUTJEEP, which allows near complete control over iphones, including their camera's.

France isn't part of FIve Eyes, but do have a secret deal with the US anyway:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lustre_(treaty)

(This is all decade old Snowden stuff, so I suspect their capabilities have expanded since then).

This being said, I assume much of what they do isn't exactly legal, so who knows. Given some of these treaties are secret, maybe they also have secret laws.

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