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L4sBot Jul 6, 2023

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

France passes bill to allow police remotely activate phone camera, microphone, spy on people - Lemmy.world

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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Kekzkrieger Jul 6, 2023

Better to not bring your phone during protests anyways.

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Flying Squid Jul 6, 2023

There is something to be said for bringing your phone to protests so you can livestream them to the world when the authorities use heavy-handed, violent tactics to stop them.

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snooggums

In all honesty, it would probably be best to have a dedicated device for that situation as well so that if they choose to search it then all they will get is the footage from the event.