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France passes bill to allow police to remotely activate phone camera and microphone to spy on people (gazettengr.com)

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 years ago

No, the "Patriot" Act did authorize stuff like this in the US. There was also the "Freedom" Act, and generally this is all FISA stuff that has very low standards for what's allowed.

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