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Germany Seeks Expansion of Computer Spying

Posted by Zonk on from the government-in-your-pocket-on-your-laptop-on-your-hard-drive dept.

gooman writes "The LA Times reports on a proposal to secretly scan suspects' hard drives which is causing unease in a nation with a history of official surveillance. Along with several other European countries, Germany is seeking authority to plant secret Trojan viruses into the computers of suspects that could scan files, photos, diagrams and voice recordings, record every keystroke typed and possibly even turn on webcams and microphones in an attempt to gain knowledge of attacks before they happen."

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  1. nothing new... by User+956 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Germany is seeking authority to plant secret Trojan viruses into the computers of suspects that could scan files, photos, diagrams and voice recordings, record every keystroke typed

    We already have something like that in America. It's called Geek Squad.

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  2. just have people sign a release by stoolpigeon · · Score: 4, Funny

    sign these papers!
    what do the papers say?
    they say that we have treated you well.
    i cannot sign the papers
    why not?
    you have broken all my fingers

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  3. The Constitution by ArcherB · · Score: 3, Funny

    How dare these Germans! Don't they know that wiretapping is against the Constitution!??!

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  4. Re:Sounds familiar... by bckrispi · · Score: 2, Funny

    I don't think Goodwin's law is applicable here. We have the German government acting like ... well... Nazis.

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  5. Re:Please by Chosen+Reject · · Score: 3, Funny

    What about those that run OpenBSD/sparc4 and Linux/PPC?
    That's easy. Open source the trojan. If the problem is the platform, it's just a simple recompile. If the problem is the OS, then the community will port it for you.
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  6. Re:fp by stoolpigeon · · Score: 2, Funny

    Fred Palnicki. Famous slashdotter, died in the middle of an epic raid with his wow guild. His guildmates try to honor him here, whenever they get the chance.

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