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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] 26 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's pretty fucking totalitarian.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

Doing authoritarian shit as a French politician is like putting a neon sign over your head that says "Guillotine Me!"

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago

They said sensitive professions, including doctors, journalists, lawyers, judges and MPs, would not be legitimate targets.

We pinky-promise we won't abuse this and use it against critics of the government...we swear we won't!

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Never been a better time to root your phone with an open OS.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

Seriously. Fuck everything about France's plan.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago

France passes bill to guarantee eternal riots.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I hope this pushes some people to create some p2p networks