Einar@lemmy.ml to World News@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agoFrance passes bill to allow police to remotely activate phone camera and microphone to spy on peoplegazettengr.comexternal-linkmessage-square112fedilinkarrow-up1672arrow-down18cross-posted to: privacyguides@lemmy.onetechnology@lemmy.worldprivacy@lemmy.mltechnology@lemmy.worldnews@beehaw.org
arrow-up1664arrow-down1external-linkFrance passes bill to allow police to remotely activate phone camera and microphone to spy on peoplegazettengr.comEinar@lemmy.ml to World News@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square112fedilinkcross-posted to: privacyguides@lemmy.onetechnology@lemmy.worldprivacy@lemmy.mltechnology@lemmy.worldnews@beehaw.org
minus-squareSafetyGoggles@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18arrow-down6·1 year agoA 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”.
minus-squarePili@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27arrow-down1·1 year agoIt’s very real, here are two legit sources in french: https://www.francetvinfo.fr/societe/justice/le-senat-donne-son-feu-vert-a-l-activation-a-distance-des-cameras-ou-micros-des-telephones_5875187.html https://www.rtl.fr/actu/politique/loi-justice-l-activation-a-distance-des-cameras-ou-micros-de-telephones-validee-par-le-senat-7900272299 You can use the service of your choice to translate them if you don’t understand french.
minus-squareJack@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 year agohttps://www.lemonde.fr/en/france/article/2023/07/06/france-set-to-allow-police-to-spy-through-phones_6044269_7.html
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”.
It’s very real, here are two legit sources in french:
https://www.francetvinfo.fr/societe/justice/le-senat-donne-son-feu-vert-a-l-activation-a-distance-des-cameras-ou-micros-des-telephones_5875187.html
https://www.rtl.fr/actu/politique/loi-justice-l-activation-a-distance-des-cameras-ou-micros-de-telephones-validee-par-le-senat-7900272299
You can use the service of your choice to translate them if you don’t understand french.
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/france/article/2023/07/06/france-set-to-allow-police-to-spy-through-phones_6044269_7.html