French police put protesters in custody.
Police says they are free to go if they provide them with the unlock code of their phones. The people under custody refuse.
They ended up getting charged for “refusal to hand over to the judicial authorities a secret encryption key of a means of cryptology”
Even worse for one of the protesters, who didn't bring his phone and got the same charge ...
#FranceIsNotAlright https://www.politis.fr/articles/2023/04/un-manifestant-puni-pour-refus-de-donner-le-code-dun-telephone-inexistant/
And now, France is allowing live biometric recognition in public spaces ...
https://social.nkb.fr/@algowatching/110535610508981079