… wtf is going on over there… What kind of douchebags did you guys elect? I mean, I’m American, I know I can’t throw stones here, but y’alls were better than that. You like, wisely stood against our 9/11 invasion and we probably should’ve listened.
But, wtf?
btw, if anyone was too lazy to dig, this publication is a nigerian newspaper that actually seems legit. Founded in 2020, so pretty new still. Looking at their front page they mostly just do local reporting. Has had run-ins with local power.
You know that America just… does this, right? No bill, no law… In fact it was the first to do this at all. It’s why in crime shows they remove the battery (from phone where you still can, of course.)
No, the “Patriot” Act did authorize stuff like this in the US. There was also the “Freedom” Act, and generally this is all FISA stuff that has very low standards for what’s allowed.
It is not legal for police to spy on citizens via their phone cameras in the US…
Police, no. Homeland security? crickets
The movie citizen four did an excellent job detailing different ways a government (in this case the united states) can do this.
It would require a warrant signed by a judge with probable cause.
Wiretap warrants aren’t easy.
Sorry for the late response, but remind me again how many warrants the FISA court has denied?
That’s an approval rate of 99.97%
I mean, I’m American, I know I can’t throw stones here
Right? I’m wary of chastising any first world country at the moment. The past 7 years in particular have been especially WTF
Wouldn’t this breach multiple EU privacy laws?
This is what I’m wondering.
I don’t think it does, as the GDPR does not protect ‘criminals’ or against the police using your data.
There are exceptions for law enforcement/intelligence in GDPR. Those are particularly broad in the UK data protection act for example.
How to make your country burn faster 101
This will definitely not be misused by anyone in the government. How on the earth did such blatantly dystopian law get passed?
Macron is a NATO puppet.
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Except that not really, France could easily have another revolution when things like this happen. NATO doesn’t want any revolutions because the workers would have more power, they want corporation to hold power and wealth, as they can be controlled and sanctioned more easily.
The article does not mention, how will this be achieved technology wise? I don’t know of any universal way that a government might activate these features on a person’s phone. Unless network operators/phone manufacturers start installing backdoors. This does not bode well.
Cell carriers can already push apps to your device.
I assume/hope this isn’t true if you bought the phone outside a contract?
Ohhh my sweet summer child. Who is it that is making those phones?
Let me tell you, it’s Google.
1984 - George Orwell tried to warn us.
While people in the west have been smugly pointing fingers at China, their own governments did everything they’ve been denouncing in China and worse. Congratulations.
The Patriot Act took care of that for us in the US!
Privacy and anonymity is illusion.
LIberté,Egalité,Fraternité.Is this a legitimate source of news?
It’s based on a syndicated news release from Agence France Presse. Here’s a direct transcription of the article from AFP: https://www.barrons.com/news/france-set-to-allow-police-to-spy-through-phones-b21f1f21
France always was a weird country
French police about to see a whole lotta dick pics.
that’d be the point I’d forgo smartphones entirely
A Google search for “France phone camera” only gives this posted link and dailymail.co.uk article, both of which are not really trustworthy sources, IMO.
So I’m gonna go with “this is very possibly fake news”.
