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France Passes New Bill Allowing Police to Remotely Activate Cameras on Citizens' Phones (gizmodo.com)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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The bill will reportedly apply to suspects in crimes that are punishable by a minimum of five years in jail.

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 year ago (4 children)

What in the world is going on in France? I thought Macron was supposed to be the "anti-Le Pen"?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Most countries already allow this. The FBI has been doing this with secret FISA warrants for >10 years.

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