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

[faramarz]

Well... industry taps into all your mic, gps and image library to send you personalized ads, and no one has really called it out, except be surprised when the ad shows up a minute after mentioning a product.. this to me sounds like tapping into the existing frameworks. likely the app providers giving access if not the phone manufacturer themselves.

[pessimizer → faramarz]

Exactly. These things are literally designed to be spying devices with little or no user access. That was the goal.