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More Details On the German Government's Use of Malware

Posted by timothy on from the viel-glueck-penners dept.

Reader HnT writes with an update on the German government's malware, recently dissected by the CCC: "The German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung reports details on cases where the government malware was used so far — all of them actually unlawful and in violation of its initial intention to only be used against serious crime and threats of terrorism."

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  1. Ah, but when you have a new toy by ackthpt · · Score: 3, Insightful

    So tempting to take the lid off, play around with it, see what else it can do.

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    A feeling of having made the same mistake before: Deja Foobar
  2. Meringuoid's Law proven once again. by Tackhead · · Score: 4, Insightful
    "Whenever a controversial law is proposed, and its supporters, when confronted with an egregious abuse it would permit, use a phrase along the lines of 'Perhaps in theory, but the law would never be applied in that way' - they're *lying*. They intend to use the law that way as early and as often as possible."

    - meringuoid, Nov 24, 2005.