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France passes bill to allow police remotely activate phone camera, microphone

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Re: France passes bill to allow police remotely activate phone camera, microphone

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> But lawmakers agreed to the bill late Wednesday as Justice Minister Eric Dupond-Moretti insisted the bill would affect only “dozens of cases a year.”

Technically he is not lying or naive, because any number, including large numbers like 66 million, can be expressed in units of dozens.

Re: France passes bill to allow police remotely activate phone camera, microphone

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post #5

what tech does this even use? Do they mean using Pegasus or similar malware that the govt has to first get onto the suspect's devices, or is this via Google/Apple or the device manufacturers that makes 'remotely and secretly activating a microphone' even possible?

> what tech does this even use? Do they mean using Pegasus or similar malware that the govt has to first get onto the suspect's devices, or is this via Google/Apple or the device manufacturers that makes 'remotely and secretly activating a microphone' even possible? It would have to be after compromise, which would mean its likely only used on a very small number of cases due to the sensitivity and cost of the techno…

Right.

Re: France passes bill to allow police remotely activate phone camera, microphone

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post #4

> They noted that a judge must approve any use of the provision We tried the same in the US. Our intel agencies just lied to the judges, who mostly otherwise were hip to the con and acted as a rubber stamp.

While the intel community in the United States seems to be above the law I don't think lying to a judge in France is ignored to the same extent.

Re: France passes bill to allow police remotely activate phone camera, microphone

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post #12

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Saying all cops are anything is exactly the same thing as saying all blacks are thieves, all Jews are greedy, or any of the other blanket statements that can never apply to any large group of people. It’s disgusting.

Re: France passes bill to allow police remotely activate phone camera, microphone

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post #5

what tech does this even use? Do they mean using Pegasus or similar malware that the govt has to first get onto the suspect's devices, or is this via Google/Apple or the device manufacturers that makes 'remotely and secretly activating a microphone' even possible?

> what tech does this even use? Do they mean using Pegasus or similar malware that the govt has to first get onto the suspect's devices, or is this via Google/Apple or the device manufacturers that makes 'remotely and secretly activating a microphone' even possible? It would have to be after compromise, which would mean its likely only used on a very small number of cases due to the sensitivity and cost of the techno…

Is it expensive to compromise a phone?

Is it sensitive to compromise a phone, now that there is a national law allowing it, passed through a democratic process?

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