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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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[–] snooggums@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

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.

Edut: Didn't scroll down to see you suggested the same thing!