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Bavarian Police Seeking Skype Trojan Informant
Andreaskem writes "Bavarian police searched the home of the spokesman for the German Pirate Party (Piratenpartei Deutschland) looking for an informant who leaked information about a government Trojan used to eavesdrop on Skype conversations. (The link is a Google translation of the German original.) There is a high probability that the Trojan is used illegally. A criminal law specialist said, 'The Bavarian authorities worked on the Trojan without a legitimate basis and now try to silence critics.' The informant need not worry since 'every information that could be used to identify him' is protected against unauthorized access by strong encryption. The Trojan is supposedly capable of eavesdropping on Skype conversations and obtaining technical details of the Skype client being used. It is deployed by e-mail or in place by the police. A Pirate Party spokesman said, 'Some of our officials seem to want to install the Big Brother state without the knowledge of the public.'"
Who would have thought that even a country like Germany could deteriorate into a police state?
I kid, I kid... I'm in the US...
He's getting rather old, but he's a good mouse.
"several policemen at the private residence of the party's spokesman appeared and had threatened to eliminate all the rooms, if he does not cite its sources."
you see these rooms? if you do not cite your sources, we will make SURE that you'll never see them again! ever!
Look! I 'drew' ASCII Hitler! It's OK, though, the Bavarian Gendarmerie already pre-Godwinned the topic!
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Zero to Godwin in 3 posts, a new record !
This part was particularly compelling: In January 2008, the Pirate Party unbestätigtes letter from the Bavarian Justice Ministry zugespielt.
Love that translation program.
music lover since 1969
Even the translation feels Chinese.
Being a German myself, I actually find the "ASCII Hitler" kind of funny.
The GGP is obviously lame, though .
... where the wild souvlaki herds roam! :)
Cheers,
"What in the name of Fats Waller is that?"
"A four-foot prune."
well, I guess we can't really blame everything on them.
Nah, we have George Bush for THAT.
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I'd like to see them install a trojan on my UltraSPARC.