@Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world to Joe Rogan Experience@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 year agoFrance passes bill to allow police remotely activate phone camera, microphone, spy on peoplegazettengr.comexternal-linkmessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down19cross-posted to: privacyguides@lemmy.oneworldnews@sh.itjust.workstechnology@lemmy.worldintelligence@lemmy.mlworld@lemmy.worldthe_dunk_tank@hexbear.nethackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fanstechnews@radiation.partyprivacy@lemmy.ml
arrow-up1-5arrow-down1external-linkFrance passes bill to allow police remotely activate phone camera, microphone, spy on peoplegazettengr.com@Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world to Joe Rogan Experience@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 year agomessage-square3fedilinkcross-posted to: privacyguides@lemmy.oneworldnews@sh.itjust.workstechnology@lemmy.worldintelligence@lemmy.mlworld@lemmy.worldthe_dunk_tank@hexbear.nethackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fanstechnews@radiation.partyprivacy@lemmy.ml
minus-squareChrisostomeStriplinkfedilinkEnglish1•1 year agoWouldn’t they need to have some app installed?
minus-square@graphite@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish1•1 year agoNo. Phones could be shipped with spyware pre installed, or hardware backdoors. I’d be surprised if getting past it was as simple as installing a custom ROM, for example.
minus-square@Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglish1•1 year agoIt sounds like this is just giving them the all clear to spy. Not saying how they do it just that they can
Wouldn’t they need to have some app installed?
No. Phones could be shipped with spyware pre installed, or hardware backdoors.
I’d be surprised if getting past it was as simple as installing a custom ROM, for example.
It sounds like this is just giving them the all clear to spy. Not saying how they do it just that they can