The bill will reportedly apply to suspects in crimes that are punishable by a minimum of five years in jail.
Wow. Frickin yikes, man
US Republicans: *taking notes intensifies
France is becoming the Florida of Europe.
NSA be like: “dude shut up you’re going to blow it for all of us!”
I’m starting to think that Macron just likes fire at this point.
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.
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:
- It’s extremely unlikely that there would be any benefit. Most people would have their devices in a bag or pocket.
- 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.
- There is no piece of software out there which could accurately determine what devices are in a particular area.
- 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.
What in the world is going on in France? I thought Macron was supposed to be the “anti-Le Pen”?
