Bavarian Police Can Legally Place Trojans On PCs

Posted by kdawson on Friday July 4, 2008 @04:34AM from the trust-us-we-would-never-abuse-this-power dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The Bavarian Parliament passed a law that allows Bavarian police to place 'Remote Forensic Software' (Google translation) on a suspect's computer as well as on the computers of a suspect's contacts. They may break into houses in secret to install the RFS if a remote installation is not possible; and while they are there a (physical) search is permitted too. The RFS may be used to read, delete, and alter data." The translation says that RFSs may be used in cases of an "urgent threat to the existence or the security of the Federation or a country or physical, life or liberty of a person... Even where there is a reasonable assumptions on concrete preparatory acts for such serious offenses."

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Re:Forensic? by QuoteMstr · 2008-07-04 07:30 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Interesting. So you guys (at least in Bavaria) aren't so different from the US. I know Bavarians have a recognizable accent too; do other Germans cringe when they hear it the same way we do when we hear someone with a thick Texas accent rattle on about guns?