German Court Says 'Nein' to Hard Drive Search

["Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

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Via The Globe and Mail.

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A German court on Monday ruled that police cannot remotely search criminal
suspects' computer hard drives over the Internet without their knowledge.

The decision of the Federal Court of Justice in Karlsruhe bars police from
using the online "Trojan horse" method, which involves using a computer
program to search through remote hard drives over an Internet connection,
unless parliament passes a law explicitly allowing it.

Police will still be allowed to seize evidence from computer hard drives
when conducting searches in person.

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More:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20070205.gtsearch0205/BN
Story/Technology/

- - ferg

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