France is about to pass the worst surveillance law in the EU

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Isn't it a little strange 3 European countries have been pushing this through within 3 weeks of each other?

UK, France, what's the third one?

Sweden

Which law? I'm wondering...

This is just my old man yelling at clouds opinion based on fringe news sites I keep an eye on but I believe this is expected prior to a war going kinetic which I believe the EU and others are preparing for. I would expect things like this to become more frequent and much worse to occur that people may not believe even when they see it.

> The so-called “Narcotrafic” law attacks the protection of encrypted couriers (such as Signal or WhatsApp) by imposing the installation of backdoors for the police and intelligence.

> The text provides for the police to remotely activate the microphones and cameras of fixed and mobile connected devices (computers, telephones, etc.) to spy on people.

The UK government response: "Challenge accepted!"

TBH, I think the only solution to these tyrants backing down is having them face political consequences.

Whenever someone makes a call, a post or sends a message, attach a warning to it:

"In compliance with act xxx, voted in favor by these politicians [link], this message has been made available to your government for review."

I just don't see how this doesn't get exploited and result in a huge hack with a few billions in losses. The ransomware threat is extremely huge.

That's crazy! What is happening in Europe??

Security of computer systems does not exist. This law is just a decoy to trick criminals into thinking those "apps" are "secured".

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