On: France passes bill to allow police remotely activate phone camera, microphone

[powerbook5300CS]

Or the manufacturers will just not sell their phones in France. Ultimately it’s the French citizens that will miss out.

[voytec → powerbook5300CS]

My guess is that France will soon have followers in form of other EU states.

Both left and right are contesting who can be more authoritarian these days.

[orwin → voytec]

The only left wing governments in the western world are Portugal and Spain. And PSOE is barely left-wing imho (I won't fall into the 'no true scottman' here, but I really wanted to).

[whywhywhywhy → powerbook5300CS]

Manufacturers already throw their principles out of the window to sell in China, Russia and UAE so I don't think they'll have a problem selling in France after this either.

[berniedurfee → powerbook5300CS]

What would stop manufacturers from selling their products in France with whatever customizations are required by law?