Tuesday, 27. February 2007
Topic: COMPUTER - on February 27, 2007 at 2:18:00 PM CET
German cops and spooks prep own spyware
Analysis Germany's police and secret services are pushing for a legal basis for "online house searches" – carried out without the knowledge of suspects, using spyware similar to a Trojan.
The German public learned of the practice in November last year, when a magistrate of the Bundesgerichtshof (Federal High Court) ruled that there is no legal basis for such measures as part of police inquiries.
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