<story><title>France passes bill to allow police remotely activate phone camera, microphone</title><url>https://gazettengr.com/france-passes-bill-to-allow-police-remotely-activate-phone-camera-microphone-spy-on-people/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>KennyBlanken</author><text>Nexus&amp;#x2F;Pixel devices literally come out of the box with Verizon background crapware installed that you cannot disable or remove even if you&amp;#x27;re not a Verizon customer.&lt;p&gt;Google long sold out, friend.</text></item><item><author>px43</author><text>A Pixel phone probably gives you the best chance of resisting this sort of attack. The most vulnerable phones are the older, cheaper phones that run outdated versions of Android. Pixel phones are generally the first to get security updates, and so the quickest to get patches when spyware companies start using new bugs.</text></item><item><author>hinata08</author><text>I regret getting a pixel, and not a fairphone with a removable battery&lt;p&gt;With the current level of oversight on the police (police of police is a meme by now), and the level of cybersecurity at the government, everyone&amp;#x27;s phones will be activated within a few months.&lt;p&gt;At least some government agent will have fun watching what ppl visit on the internet during their spare time, and can enable the camera to watch what they&amp;#x27;re doing when they review the content.&lt;p&gt;The fight against crime is ramping up !&lt;p&gt;I don&amp;#x27;t get why they don&amp;#x27;t hire back more detectives and accountants to really investigate actual evidence, instead of just listening to potential criminals for hours.
They have been reducing the force for 15 years (especially the forces that investigated financial and workplace crimes)&lt;p&gt;That would be more effective.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>flanbiscuit</author><text>I use T-Mobile and I bought my Pixel 5a directly through Google at an official in-person Google store. Does my phone have this Verizon bloatware? What apps should I be looking for?&lt;p&gt;I googled it and I&amp;#x27;m only seeing people complain about this Verizon bloatware from people who bought it through Verizon.</text></comment>
<story><title>France passes bill to allow police remotely activate phone camera, microphone</title><url>https://gazettengr.com/france-passes-bill-to-allow-police-remotely-activate-phone-camera-microphone-spy-on-people/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>KennyBlanken</author><text>Nexus&amp;#x2F;Pixel devices literally come out of the box with Verizon background crapware installed that you cannot disable or remove even if you&amp;#x27;re not a Verizon customer.&lt;p&gt;Google long sold out, friend.</text></item><item><author>px43</author><text>A Pixel phone probably gives you the best chance of resisting this sort of attack. The most vulnerable phones are the older, cheaper phones that run outdated versions of Android. Pixel phones are generally the first to get security updates, and so the quickest to get patches when spyware companies start using new bugs.</text></item><item><author>hinata08</author><text>I regret getting a pixel, and not a fairphone with a removable battery&lt;p&gt;With the current level of oversight on the police (police of police is a meme by now), and the level of cybersecurity at the government, everyone&amp;#x27;s phones will be activated within a few months.&lt;p&gt;At least some government agent will have fun watching what ppl visit on the internet during their spare time, and can enable the camera to watch what they&amp;#x27;re doing when they review the content.&lt;p&gt;The fight against crime is ramping up !&lt;p&gt;I don&amp;#x27;t get why they don&amp;#x27;t hire back more detectives and accountants to really investigate actual evidence, instead of just listening to potential criminals for hours.
They have been reducing the force for 15 years (especially the forces that investigated financial and workplace crimes)&lt;p&gt;That would be more effective.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>estebank</author><text>That hasn&amp;#x27;t been the case for any of the Nexus or Pixel devices I bought straight from Google.</text></comment>