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European Police Plan to Remote-Search Hard Drives

Posted by timothy on from the oh-you-needn't-come-into-the-office dept.

Smivs points out a blandly-worded story from the BBC with scary implications, excerpting "Remote searches of suspect computers will form part of an EU plan to tackle hi-tech crime. The five-year action plan will take steps to combat the growth in cyber theft and the machines used to spread spam and other malicious programs. It will also encourage better sharing of data among European police forces to track down and prosecute criminals. Europol will co-ordinate the investigative work and also issue alerts about cyber crime sprees."

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  1. I didn't see the word "local" anywhere by yttrstein · · Score: 0, Redundant

    But evidently all of you did. Could you point it out? Because really what they seem to have made legal is accessing "cloud data" (thanks, google!) without giving customer nor the managing company notification of any kind.

  2. Obligitory by Sniper511 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    EU iz in ur hard drivez, searchin' 4 warez!

    In all seriousness, this is Orwellian in nature. Part of me is terrified that we're heading down this road in the US as well.