VPN services and other security tools won't be able to protect people from this kind of state-surveillance. What's next for France's justice reform bill?

VPN services and other security tools won’t be able to protect people from this kind of state-surveillance. What’s next for France’s justice reform bill?

  • vorticEnglish
    10•1 year ago

    As far as I know, police cannot activate your phone’s camera or microphone to spy on you in the US, even with a warrant. Do you know of something that says otherwise?

    • Hyperreality
      7•1 year ago

      The ANT catalog[a] (or TAO catalog) is a classified product catalog by the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) … DROPOUTJEEP … “A software implant for the Apple iPhone that utilizes modular mission applications to provide specific SIGINT functionality. This functionality includes the ability to remotely push/pull files from the device. SMS retrieval, contact list retrieval, voicemail, geolocation, hot mic, camera capture, cell tower location, etc. Command, control and data exfiltration can occur over SMS messaging or a GPRS data connection. All communications with the implant will be covert and encrypted.”

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ANT_catalog

      • Hyperreality
        1•1 year ago

        Thde only new thing is the technology allowing them to better spy on us.