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.
  • VitaMan@lemmy.worldEnglish
    11·
    2 years ago

    This is scary because it could be exploited very easily by bad actors and is a huge invasion of privacy

    • Kichae@kbin.social
      7·
      2 years ago

      This is coming in the wake of protests against pension reform being rammed through and riots over police killing kids.

      There’s zero reason to believe “being exploited by bad actors” isn’t the point.

      • TWeaK@lemm.ee
        6·
        2 years ago

        Not only rammed through against the will of the people, but President Macaroon didn’t even let Parliament have a say in it.

    • Son_of_dad@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      2 years ago

      These types of laws are created to be abused. The state knows they’ll be used to erode rights.

    • oryx@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      2 years ago

      So many people don’t seem to realize that if you give the state this kind of access, you give it to anyone. It’s just a matter of time. As soon as there’s a system in place for them to do this, it’s vulnerable to attack.