Re: Germany wants to spy on suspects via Web

["Righard J. Zwienenberg" <righard () knoware nl>]

At 03:07 PM 8/31/2007 -0400, rms () computerbytesman com wrote:

This is actually old news... I wrote my VB April 2007 comment based 
on this 'Magic Lantern' trojan... You can find it on the VB-Site or at:
http://www.norman.com/Virus/Security_Information/46256/VB_Righard_Z_April07.pdf/en-us

Righard

> If this German proposal goes forward, AV and anti-spyware companies are back
> to the problem of figuring out if their software will detect government
> spyware or ignore it.
>
> Richard
>
> http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070831/ap_on_hi_te/germany_trojan_horses_4;_ylt
> =AvDuhnKtiuU1rhc84GC2qqcE1vAI
>
> BERLIN - German officials on Friday defended a proposal to use "Trojan
> horse" software to secretly monitor potential terror suspects' hard drives,
> amid fierce debate over whether the measures violate civil liberties.
>
> Interior Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble wants to include the measure in a
> broader security law being considered by conservative Chancellor Angela
> Merkel's coalition government.
>
> Schaeuble defended the tactic in an interview with n-tv television Friday,
> calling the ongoing debate "completely exaggerated," underlining that
> judicial approval would be required before the measures could be used. "It's
> about a few isolated cases."
>
> Carried in e-mails that appear to come from other government offices, the
> software would allow authorities to investigate suspects' Internet use and
> the data stored on their hard drives without their knowledge.
>
> ...


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