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

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[–] Bushwhack@lemmy.world 29 points 2 years ago (1 children)

1984 - George Orwell tried to warn us.

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

This is bad, but that's such an overused comparison. It can even be counterproductive because the Oceania from the books is so obviously different from the real world.

[–] Bushwhack@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

I’m talking about the wall in their rooms though that they can use to listen in when they want, you have no private conversations.