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Re:What I’ve learned from 35 years of wearing computerized e... by ElFitz on Sunday June 18, 2023 @07:51AM (#36379324)
Even better. French Senate has recently approved a bill authorising remote activation of smartphones’ real-time geolocation, cameras, and microphones [1].

Obviously without informing owners.

And while it is, obviously, only to be used to fight against terrorism, organised crime and delinquency, well… let’s just say that France has a history of such powers getting extrajudicially abused, by governments and individuals alike.

[1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36240885

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Re:What I’ve learned from 35 years of wearing computerized e... by ttyyzz on Sunday June 18, 2023 @08:39AM (#36379740)
While this is really bad, I wonder if they have the technical capabilities to do this. Doubtful...
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Re:What I’ve learned from 35 years of wearing computerized e... by coldtea on Sunday June 18, 2023 @10:09AM (#36380435)
Among other things, France called "terrorism" people fighting (including peacefully) to free their countries from being its colonies. Which they still maintain a fair number of.

Now they prosecute people demonstrating against a hugely unpopular government.

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Re:What I’ve learned from 35 years of wearing computerized e... by ElFitz on Sunday June 18, 2023 @01:17PM (#36382202)
Today one doesn’t even need to even intend to do something to be accused of such things [1].

> Following the pattern of the so-called Tarnac affair, their arrest was accompanied by timely leaks in the media, and even political manipulations condemning the "far-left". And this, on the grounds that they were "suspected of planning violent actions targeting police officers, without a specific plan of action being identified," as reported by Le Monde nonetheless.

[1] (French): https://www.nextinpact.com/article/71826/accuses-terrorisme-...

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Re:What I’ve learned from 35 years of wearing computerized e... by akomtu on Sunday June 18, 2023 @02:46PM (#36383095)
A few centuries ago the French gov would say it was fighting heresy. Today they are supposedly fighting terrorism. A few centuries later they'll be fighting oldthinkers.
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