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

[kevin_thibedeau]

I've had it used on me personally without a warrant. There are no deep controls on this tech. You just have to know someone who can do a favor.

[hollerith → kevin_thibedeau]

Well, sure, but more often than not, when someone on HN gives a URL to support some point, the URL ends up not actually supporting the point. I'm curious why people do that. Why did you do it?