As part of a broader justice reform bill, French lawmakers have given French police the legal authority to spy on suspects by remotely activating cameras, microphones, and GPS location functionality on a person’s smartphone and other connected devices.
The new law covers laptops, vehicles, smartphones, and other connected devices...
https://petapixel.com/2023/07/06/france-to-allow-police-to-spy-on-people-through-phone-cameras/
As far as I am aware it is long time used, they just want to make it usable tool in litigation.
All leading manufacturers have special holes for authorities to do exactly such things.
Of course, they are spying on us for a long time, now it's about making it legal.
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