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France legalizes remote camera and microphone activation in smartphones

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Re: France legalizes remote camera and microphone activation in smartphones

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Post by rjzzleep »

sebstefan wrote: post #10

As far as I know, the title is wrong, only the senate approved the bill. That's not enough for France to legalize anything The way it works in France is there's two chambers of parliament, the senate and the Assemblée nationale (that I translate to "the parliament"). Unless the law changes something in the constitution, the senate is just there to advise the parliament. If they'd voted no, it wouldn't have mattered.…

Parliament certainly didn't stop Macron from pushing threw the pension reform against the will of virtually everyone. It's a pity that most of the media doesn't cover the legitimate concerns of the french population.

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Post by krzys »

y-curious wrote: post #12

There's a reason criminal rings buy crime-suited phones. Buying a cheapo android with the camera removed/disconnected is going to increase in Europe. Once again, I doubt this security measure will make anyone truly safer.

Those privacy-breaching bills are for the safety of the government, not citizens.

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Post by palunon »

Strongbad536 wrote: post #2

Do current smart phones support this? I can't imagine Apple being too keen on allowing this sort of thing. No idea about Android

The bill authorize it using any technical means, specifically mentioning using classified methods («prescrire le recours au moyens de l'État soumis au secret de la défense nationale»)

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Post by sebstefan »

disposition2 wrote: post #15
sebstefan wrote: post #10

As far as I know, the title is wrong, only the senate approved the bill. That's not enough for France to legalize anything The way it works in France is there's two chambers of parliament, the senate and the Assemblée nationale (that I translate to "the parliament"). Unless the law changes something in the constitution, the senate is just there to advise the parliament. If they'd voted no, it wouldn't have mattered.…

For someone who is unfamiliar with French law, is the parliament able to propose legislature (either by advocating in the senate or by pushing up to the senate)? Or do they only determine / vote on what becomes law?

The parliament is able to propose legislature yes

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Post by tinus_hn »

Strongbad536 wrote: post #2

Do current smart phones support this? I can't imagine Apple being too keen on allowing this sort of thing. No idea about Android

Even if they don’t support this, this could authorize snoops to hack into your devices so they start supporting it.

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Post by donkeyd »

gonzo41 wrote: post #6

All that will happen is criminals will just get good at opsec. This is downward selective pressure. Nature will respond.

No, they won't. Also, define criminals. Plenty of crimes are done by people who are not professional criminals who spend money and time on opsec.
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