German anti-terrorist spyware
p2pnet news | Security:- Google’s YouTube is to start censoring German hate sites saying it has to comply with local laws and now, under a proposal which worries privacy advocates, German officials want to use spyware to secretly monitor potential terror suspects’ hard drives.
“Interior Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble wants to include the measure in a broader security law being considered by conservative Chancellor Angela Merkel’s coalition government,” says Associated Press, going on:
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.
Use of the government-produced technology, “will cover a serious and scandalous hole in our information that has arisen through technical changes in recent years,” Stefan Kaller, a spokesman for Schaeuble told reporters.
Copies of the bill haven’t yet been released, but elements leaked to German media include, “allowing investigators to send e-mail messages that appear to be from the Finance Ministry or the Youth Services Office, but which actually carry the Trojan horse software,” says AP.
Also See:
comply with local laws – YouTube to censor German hate sites, September 3, 2007
Associated Press – Germany defends plan to use spyware in terror investigations, August 31, 2007
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