And now, the parliament is currently discussing a bill about forcing hardware manufacturers to include a remote switch in their products so that the mic and camera could be activated at distance by the authorities, so that the police can listen on potential terrorists[1].
Incredible that they are dumb enough to believe that this can be enforced. We live in the EU, with free movement of goods and people, meaning that we can easily order our next electronic device from any other EU country that will not enforce this nonsense.
Of course, the next step will be you are shopping abroad == you are suspiciously close to being a terrorist.
On the other hand, I can see enough countries willing to support such a requirement, forcing an enforcement on a larger scale.
Moreover, I wonder how they can even force the manufacturers into making a custom solution for their hubris. Unless the idea of adding such a remote switch seduces Xi and now there's a big enough market for this feature to be developed…
This is fine…
[1]: https://www.francetvinfo.fr/societe/justice/le-senat-donne-s...