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Ontario Police Deploy Secret Spyware That Lets Them Remotely Take Over Your Phone
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this post was submitted on 21 May 2026
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Joke's on them, my phone runs GNU/Linux and has hardware kill switches for the mic/camera and for the cellular baseband which I use while at home, instead using Wi-Fi calling
What phone does that?
2 phones today ship today with that, the Purism Librem 5 and the PinePhone Pro.
In addition to an expected eventual 5G re-release of these models, the Liberux Nexx, and I suppose there will be a Brax 4 with it, given that their open slate tablet has them first.
I'd assume the Pinephone (Pro).
Or purism... if they still exist or ever shippef a phone. Havent followed them in a while
The "my case has a thing on it that covers the camera" phone? Idk about the mic tho