France passes bill to allow police remotely activate phone camera, microphone, spy on people - eviltoast

Does anyone know how this even works? Is the technology for this already in place?

  • bbbhltz@beehaw.org
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    1 year ago

    I really hope the power isn’t abused. The second it is it will lead to more riots and even though I have in no way been directly affected where I live, it is a pain to get messages from friends abroad asking “Why is France on fire again?”

    • MajesticFlame@lemmy.one
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      1 year ago

      On one hand, I do want to ask why Frebch people love setting France on fire so much. On the other hand, when shit like this passes as laws, I wonder why we are not setting our countries on fire…

      • bbbhltz@beehaw.org
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        1 year ago

        I’ve lived here since 2006 and I haven’t met a single person that participated in any of the riots, which are offshoots of sanctioned strikes and do not represent France as a whole. I’ve had some students that strike for the environment or maybe do walkouts.

        The closest I came to one was a strike about police violence and I happened to be in a café and had to evacuate because of year gas. In that instance, it turned out the person they were striking for lied.

        So, I can’t say why they want to destroy stuff.