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?
France is really at a point of breaking. This is especially sad since France was the de facto leader of libre/foss movement in Europe.
I can’t even imagine the protests that will erupt due to this.
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Que Macron aille se faire enculer
Anyone knows how they going to technically implement this?
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More riots
No. They don’t grant police that power. The judicial system has that power. Just like it has the power to imprison people.
Can someone explain why VPN services can’t protect people from that
Also, you’re connecting to a nearby cell tower which then relays your connection to the wider web, with an exit point at your VPN provider.
If the nearby cell tower is compromised, they can try MITM attacks which might not need SSL authentication (e.g. you might have a backdoor on your device that does not require an external certificate to access it (in fact I would be surprised if it would)).
Doing this before would be illegal. Now it is legal.
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.
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.
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.
Sorry for the late reply but I’d just like to warn you that it doesn’t take a lot of effort. It takes some time, some knowledge of programming, electronics and communication protocols and a few hundred $$$ of equipment. DIY cell phone tower
