German Cops Get Powers To Hack Computers

Subject: German Cops Get Powers To Hack Computers Thu Dec 04, 2008 6:58 pm

Under a compromise between the hardline
Interior Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble and dissenting MPs, Germany's
Parliament is put unprecedented power in the hands of the Federal
Criminal Police (BKA).New
laws, some of the toughest in Europe, will also allow police to bug and
photograph suspect's homes, tap their phones and track the location of
their mobile calls.Under the compromise, the police will need a judge's approval before using the Trojans, even in an emergency.Trojans
will carry "Remote Forensic Software" that can search hard drives and
send evidence back to investigators without their having to enter the
suspect's home.Rolf Tophoven
from the Institute for Terrorism Research and Security Policy said the
computer penetration powers would have helped police last year when
they arrested three men on terrorism charges.The
men encrypted their files which means police still have only one third
of the data from their hard drives, Mr Tophoven estimated."We
need this," he said. "The masterminds among the terrorist groups of
today are highly qualified, very sophisticated people. The police need
as much power as we can give them so that they can remain at the
technological level of the terrorists. After all, the terrorists
already have a huge advantage: they have the first shot."The
Greens, pro-business Free Democrats and socialist Left party members
oppose the laws, fearing they endanger civil liberties.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/germany/3546255/German-police-get-powers-to-hack-into-home-computers.html

German Cops Get Powers To Hack Computers

German Cops Get Powers To Hack Computers

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