* right now: Law Enforcement need the decision of a judge to do this (when they technically can, either using 0-day or maybe asking for the phone provider to upload a malicious app under their service app)
* after the law: Law Enforcement will be able to do THE SAME without the need for a judge under some specific (but not really restrictive, like national security) conditions
So, all in all, it will just shorten the time needed by Law Enforcement to hack some suspected citizen and it won't require a judge. Is it a shame for the democracy ? Yes, obviously. Is it a change in the way for the State to spy its people ? No, sadly.
Will there be a debate about what individual freedom may be taken of citizen in the name of national/public security ? No, obviously. And sadly.
Right now: they don't have such right.
After the law: they do have the right and it requires a judge's approval renewed every 15 days.
I'm not talking about what the capacity of intelligence services to do it, I'm talking about what the police (officier de police judiciaire) can lawfully do.
* right now: Law Enforcement need the decision of a judge to do this (when they technically can, either using 0-day or maybe asking for the phone provider to upload a malicious app under their service app)
* after the law: Law Enforcement will be able to do THE SAME without the need for a judge under some specific (but not really restrictive, like national security) conditions
So, all in all, it will just shorten the time needed by Law Enforcement to hack some suspected citizen and it won't require a judge. Is it a shame for the democracy ? Yes, obviously. Is it a change in the way for the State to spy its people ? No, sadly.
Will there be a debate about what individual freedom may be taken of citizen in the name of national/public security ? No, obviously. And sadly.