Police will be allowed to spy on suspects by remotely activating their phones' camera, microphone and GPS under new French laws dubbed a 'snoopers' charter'

UK Daily Mail ^ | 7/6/2023 | David Averre

[fruser1]

French police should be able to spy on suspects by remotely activating the camera, microphone and GPS of their phones and other devices, lawmakers agreed late Wednesday.

Part of a wider justice reform bill, the spying provision has been attacked by the left and rights defenders as an authoritarian snoopers' charter, though Justice Minister Eric Dupond-Moretti insists it would affect only 'dozens of cases a year'.

[fruser1]

Their mistake is making it a law so now everyone knows about it.

They should do it like they do in the US - just surveill everyone and don't mention it.

[TigerClaws]

Exactly. Record everything - every keystroke even if deleted or not sent - and then use it to blackmail SCOTUS.

[joma89]

And now everyone understands the Bill of Rights and why it is so very important.

[hardspunned]

At least the French won’t have to go through the rigamarole of getting some FISA rubber stamp on their illicit spying.

[Sirius Lee]

They should do it like they do in the US - just surveill everyone and don't mention it.

If only there were technology to prevent that:

And for the more stylish gent:

[mewzilla]

Failing a Faraday bag...

Foil

Weird Al was prescient.

[fruser1]

I called one of my cells when it was “turned off” and called again when it was in a cage. The message I got was radically different, proving they can’t actually be turned off.

[MayflowerMadam]

Ya mean like Bush made it possible to do that to Americans two decade ago? Pffft! Bush!

[kiryandil]

though Justice Minister Eric Dupond-Moretti insists it would affect only 'dozens of cases a year'.

LOLOL!!!

[MayflowerMadam]

“And now everyone understands the Bill of Rights and why it is so very important.”

Oh, we understand it all right. The Patriot Act nullified it, and we understand that, too.

[Sirius Lee]

proving they can’t actually be turned off.

But they can be shielded.

[kiryandil]

I called one of my cells when it was “turned off” and called again when it was in a cage. The message I got was radically different, proving they can’t actually be turned off.

Could you elaborate?

What happened when it was in a cage?

[usconservative]

And now everyone understands the Bill of Rights and why it is so very important.

ROFL!! As if anyone in public office cares about our Bill of Rights...

[fruser1]

When off it went into voicemail as usual.

When in the cage I got the out of service area message.

[usconservative]

proving they can’t actually be turned off.

Your definition of turned off must be radically different from mine.

Sledgehammer dropping on "smartphone" = TURNED OFF. Permanently.

[kiryandil]

Thanks for that!

It really clarified things.

[devane617]

This is exactly why I fart out loud all day and keep my phone in my underwear(when I wear them).

[T.B. Yoits]

So... record politicians committing crimes, play it on your computer with your phone aimed at the screen, and then the French police have the evidence.

Record yourself reading details from websites that highlight Macron and his globalist cronies. Any time the French government tries to take you to court for unrelated offenses, have them bring ALL your mobile phone audio into evidence.

[unixfox]

French police should be able to spy on suspects by remotely activating the camera, microphone and GPS of their phones and other devices, lawmakers agreed late Wednesday.

Maybe the hoodlums that are burning cars in France should think about government buildings instead.

[Brian Griffin]

I assume they can already just get the French equivalent of a warrant to do it now.