France Passes New Bill Allowing Police to Remotely Activate Cameras on Citizens' Phones

What in the world is going on in France? I thought Macron was supposed to be the "anti-Le Pen"?

I'm starting to think that Macron just likes fire at this point.

That flip phone is sounding really nice right about now.

NSA be like: "dude shut up you're going to blow it for all of us!"

Remember, hating the french's governments is ALWAYS a moral thing to do, no matter what. Looking at their track record, even the french hate them a lot more than us!

Well… il est temps de sortir la guillotine

I never perceived this could even be a possibility, I recall reading this in a bad sci-fi novel once and I thought it was dumb for a multitude of reasons:

1. It's extremely unlikely that there would be any benefit. Most people would have their devices in a bag or pocket.
2. In cases such as an event where a terrorist attack occurred, there would likely be people recording it anyway and likely happy to had over their footage anyway.
3. There is no piece of software out there which could accurately determine what devices are in a particular area.
4. There is no government dumb enough to propose or support the ability to monitor citizens like this unless they are already in, or close to being in, a dictatorship.

And yet the justice minister thinks it is positive that this would "only be used dozens of times a year"

WTF.

France is becoming the Florida of Europe.

Reject smartphones, buy a N O K I A

Wow. Frickin yikes, man

US Republicans: *taking notes intensifies

Tends to suggest they already have a method to do this, just want to make it legal

So this means if they have a suspicion that you are doing something illegal they can access the camera, mic or gps on your phone or other devices. Sounds like France is turning into China.