News

11 readers

2 users here now

Breaking news and current events worldwide.

founded 1 year ago

submitted 1 year ago by Kata1yst@kbin.social to c/news@kbin.social

7 comments fedilink hide all child comments

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.

top 7 comments

sorted by: hot top controversial new old

[–] Madison_rogue@kbin.social 20 points 1 year ago

They said sensitive professions, including doctors, journalists, lawyers, judges and MPs, would not be legitimate targets.

We pinky-promise we won't abuse this and use it against critics of the government...we swear we won't!

[–] eatmoregreenfood@kbin.social 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's pretty fucking totalitarian.

[–] Alto@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago

Doing authoritarian shit as a French politician is like putting a neon sign over your head that says "Guillotine Me!"

[–] WHARRGARBL@kbin.social 16 points 1 year ago

France passes bill to guarantee eternal riots.

[–] parrot-party@kbin.social 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Never been a better time to root your phone with an open OS.

[–] BombOmOm@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

Seriously. Fuck everything about France's plan.

[–] Zima@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

I hope this pushes some people to create some p2p networks