France moves to expand mass surveillance, read emails, bug cars

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France moves to expand mass surveillance, read emails, bug cars
Alissa Rubin

Paris: The French lower house has taken a long stride towards mass surveillance, overwhelmingly approving a bill that could give authorities their most intrusive domestic spying abilities ever, with almost no judicial oversight.

The bill, in the works since last year, passed on Tuesday and will now go to the Senate, where it seems likely to pass, having been given new impetus in reaction to the terrorist attacks in and around Paris in January. Those attacks including at the offices of the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo and at a kosher grocery, that left 17 people dead.

As the authorities struggle to keep up with the hundreds of French citizens who are cycling to and from battlefields in Iraq and Syria to wage jihad - often lured over the internet - the new steps would give the intelligence services the right to gather potentially unlimited electronic data.

The provisions, as currently outlined, would allow them to tap mobile phones, read emails and force internet service providers to comply with government requests to sift through virtually all of their subscribers' communications.

Full story: http://www.theage.com.au/world/france-moves-to-expand-mass-surveillance-read-emails-bug-cars-20150506-ggv1z8.html


-- The Age 2015-05-06

[Dannyboy666]

Probably Doing It Already...

[Steely Dan]

They have little choice, yet another of the poisonous fruits of mass immigration.

[Pimay1]

As the authorities struggle to keep up with the hundreds of French citizens who are cycling to and from battlefields in Iraq and Syria to wage jihad

They should pass a law revolking the passports and disallowing these jihades from reintering France.

[Squeegee]

This will be used by pro-Junta in dozens of future topics.

[Credo]

They might want to pretend they weren't upset with the NSA since they will likely be following their format in surveillance.

[thaibeachlovers]

Watch out, Big Brother is already here, most just don't know it yet- too busy twattering on facecrap to know what is happening in the real world.

[Chicog]

As the authorities struggle to keep up with the hundreds of French citizens who are cycling to and from battlefields in Iraq and Syria to wage jihad

They should pass a law revolking the passports and disallowing these jihades from reintering France.

Why don't they just chain their bikes up to railings or something?

[Oziex1]

This is to stop the terrorists from stealing our freedom.

[BudRight]

If the French want to stop future attacks they should get rid of the gun bans, not flush more liberty down the toilet. Look what a difference it made in Texas.

Edited May 6, 2015 by BudRight

[Benmart]

This will be used by pro-Junta in dozens of future topics.

I cannot see into the future. If I were as fortunate as some who can, my portfolio would look much better.

[BKKdreaming]

The French have always had a problem with migrants from former colonies, before it was crime and drugs , now it is terrorism,

the good thing about the French is they are not politically correct like the USA-UK and will target the problem groups and while the USA-UK pretend that they are not ,

In the USA they search at random instead of going after probable troublemakers ,

I hope the French can get a handle on the problem, but I fear it is already a lost cause

[NeverSure]

In the USA they search at random instead of going after probable troublemakers ,

You're badly mistaken but that is apparently what the French are going to do.

[NeverSure]

The French have always had a choice. Get tough on terrorists or get tough on their law abiding citizens. Puzzy countries get tough on the law abiding and take their freedoms away while preaching inclusiveness and PC crap.

[MZurf]

If the French want to stop future attacks they should get rid of the gun bans, not flush more liberty down the toilet. Look what a difference it made in Texas.

It is my understanding that the two would-be terrorists were shot and killed by a policeman - not some redneck with a rifle. Am I wrong?

[Srikcir]

French just got tired having to go to NSA for all their surveillance intercepts.

[Godders]

Adieu liberty, equality and fraternity - ushered in and out by reigns of terror.

[hawker9000]

If the French want to stop future attacks they should get rid of the gun bans, not flush more liberty down the toilet. Look what a difference it made in Texas.

Think what a difference just a few passengers with concealed carry weapons might've made on 9-1-1. (Yeah, I know, now we're going to hear all the parrots squawking the usual myths about bullet holes and aircraft decompression (go ahead, don't do your homework first and make my day...), and the risk of a stray bullet hurting an innocent - like there weren't some 5000 innocents killed on 9-1-1 for simple want of some armed good guys.)

But no, now the French are going to follow the U.S. lead, saying adieu to those of their liberties that still remain, one-by-one.