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?

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    1 year ago

    MITM would break any remotely decent VPN. The article talks about being able to activate cameras and what not but offers no explanation of how. This would almost certainly require software to be installed on the target device. I don’t see how this will accomplish any more than making it easier to get geolocation data.

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      1 year ago

      The baseband firmware on your phone has access to all hardware resources and can be modified over the cellular connection without your cooperation or knowledge.

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        It can’t be done by a third party without extreme effort. This requires the cell phone manufacturer to participate along with the cellular service company as well.