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France passes bill to allow police remotely activate phone camera, microphone, spy on people (gazettengr.com)
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A bill that would allow police in France to spy on suspects by remotely activating cameras, microphone including GPS of their phones has been passed.

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[–] Hyperreality@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The NSA has a 'product' catalog called ANT:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ANT_catalog

One example is DROPOUTJEEP, which allows near complete control over iphones, including their camera's.

France isn't part of FIve Eyes, but do have a secret deal with the US anyway:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lustre_(treaty)

(This is all decade old Snowden stuff, so I suspect their capabilities have expanded since then).

This being said, I assume much of what they do isn't exactly legal, so who knows. Given some of these treaties are secret, maybe they also have secret laws.