Bavarian Police Can Legally Plant Trojans
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This is one of those things that makes you wonder, “if they can get away with something like this there, how long before it can happen here?” It makes you wonder how much privacy you really have. Is there a hidden transmitter in your television? How easy is it for your phone or email conversations to be snooped? Is there a secret transmitter built into your shiny new patio furniture?
What happened was the Bavarian Parliament passed a law that allows their police to plant “Remote Forensic Software” on the computer of anyone they consider a suspect AND on the computers of all of that person’s contacts. They’re allowed to break into houses in secret to install it if remote installation isn’t possible and while they’re there, they get to do a physical search as well.
The RFS can be used to read, alter or delete data… which means it’s an open window to anything on the computer and privacy is nuked. Login information, passwords, web surfing habits, emails, IMs, everything is wide open to them.
Thing is, do we already have something like this in the Homeland Security act and the Patriot act? Do we dare not assume it to be true?
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That is pretty spooky if you ask me.
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Spooky is hardly enough of a word for it. It’s just another lesson in how fragile privacy is becoming and how the only way to assure it is to actively take steps to protect it.