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

submitted 2 years ago by CrimsonOnoscopy to c/news

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[–] CrimsonOnoscopy 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

So what this probably means in practice is that this power is assured to be abused to target activists and civil disobedience.

As is tradition, whenever a repression institution is created, it'll be used almost exclusively on the left with a few token Nazis thrown in if they get a little too terroristic for the current tastes of the powers that be.