"[Regarding] the French Government's new policy to allow police to remotely take over a suspect's devices, with access to cameras, microphones and GPS data. But if you think that's uncommon, you'd be very mistaken."

"…of 50 countries studied, every police force had … access to #smartphones and their data."

#Germany, surprisingly, allows intelligence agents to remotely access smartphones and install #spyware on anyone's phone …, even if you're not a suspect in a crime.

https://newatlas.com/mobile-technology/smartphone-surveillance-camera-microphone/