Did your phone’s camera or microphone go off without your knowledge? This is what the government bill on justice provides for, which will be considered from Tuesday, June 6, in the Senate, against which lawyers are protesting. Article 3 of the text effectively allows the remote activation of the microphones and cameras of phones, computers, and other connected devices without the knowledge of those targeted by the authorities. Critics of the text see it as an authoritarian measure and an invasion of privacy.
Already used by the special services, this technique, the operation of which is covered “by secret”, according to the office, will be sanctioned in cases of terrorism, as well as offenses and organized crime. Ghost “very big”warns Sarah Pibaro, national secretary of the Judicial Syndicate, labeled leftist and opposed to the measure: “organized gang” murders, “group” burglaries, or drug trafficking.
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Text that violates the “balance” between the needs of the investigation and the violation of rights
“Young Miner Watching the Deal Point” can be targeted, she explains, while the Observatory for Freedoms and Digital Technologies (OLN) reminds that some of the related offenses “already used for warfare” (environmentalists, assistance with the entry of migrants). A “excessive state security” that allows you to turn any associated object into a potential “snitch”, condemns OLN. According to Sarah Pibaro, this text breaks “balance” between the needs of the investigation and violations of rights and freedoms.
Also, “when we introduce a new investigative tool, it expands”warns Sarah Pibaro. An example is night searches, which were initially only allowed in cases of terrorism, and then spread to organized crime. And that this bill is planned to be extended again to all crimes of personal injury. “We always move on”she says. “The right to privacy is slowly disappearing, this is a shift that we have been seeing for years”.
Appeals will be possible, the office defends
In a press release, the advice of the Paris Bar Association was also touched“a particularly serious breach of privacy”WHO “cannot be justified by the protection of public order”. The Office promises that this provision, which also provides for the possibility of remote triggering for geolocation purposes, will be formalized “guarantees”. For example, investigators will have to substantiate the request, which will be approved by the judge, and an appeal will be possible. will also be excluded from the device “protected persons” such as lawyers, magistrates, parliamentarians.
But others are delighted, such as Marion Caquel, President of the French Association of Referee Instructors (AFMI). “It was a real request for several years” reply “toward the modernization of organized crime”she told AFP. In serious crimes “nobody is called “clean” anymore”, over a traditional phone line, she explains. Gold, “Call wiretapping doesn’t work” for calls made via encrypted messages such as WhatsApp or Telegram.
“The bandits will adapt, they’ll take phones without cameras or anything.”
“Today you have built-in microphones everywhere, through all connected objects: in your car, on your phone”with clock or refrigerator “connected”, lists the Commissioner of the Judicial Police. Instead of “break into someone’s house or car” to add sound, it’s less “disproportionate” AND “much easier to be able to activate the microphone remotely”, He believes that the. Colleague sees “great advantage” make life easier for investigators, but does not expect “miraculous solution” : “the bandits will adapt, they will take away phones without cameras and other things”he imagines.
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