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Germany Preparing Law for Backdoors in Any Type of Modern Device (bleepingcomputer.com)

Posted by msmash on from the shape-of-things-to-come dept.

Catalin Cimpanu, writing for BleepingComputer: German authorities are preparing a law that will force device manufacturers to include backdoors within their products that law enforcement agencies could use at their discretion for legal investigations. The law would target all modern devices, such as cars, phones, computers, IoT products, and more. Officials are expected to submit their proposed law for debate this week, according to local news outlet RedaktionsNetzwerk Deutschland (RND). The man supporting this proposal is Thomas de Maiziere, Germany's Interior Minister, who cites the difficulty law enforcement agents have had in past months investigating the recent surge of terrorist attacks and other crimes.

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  1. NN's Ultimate Purpose by BlueStrat · · Score: 1, Interesting

    From TFS/TFA

    German authorities are preparing a law that will force device manufacturers to include backdoors within their products that law enforcement agencies could use at their discretion for legal investigations.

    This is the ultimate purpose behind placing ISPs under Title II in order to place them under CALEA requirements which could easily be interpreted to require exactly the same kind of 'back doors' on devices.

    The propaganda has worked so well we have people violently protesting to have their own privacy taken away.

    Strat

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    Progressivism (aka US 'Liberalism'): Ideas so good they need a police/surveillance-state to enforce.
  2. Re:Obligatory Stasi remark by blahplusplus · · Score: 4, Interesting

    And I had thought east germany had joined west germany, not the other way around...

    All states are at war with their respective publics, see this comment by former national security advisor. It's the rich vs the rest.

    Citizens called a "global menace" here by former national security advisor of the US:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7ZyJw_cHJY

    Our brains are much worse at reality and thinking than thought. See the manufacturing consent videos when you get the time. Science on reasoning:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYmi0DLzBdQ

    Crisis of democracy

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYFxtNgOeiI

    Book:

    http://trilateral.org/download/doc/crisis_of_democracy.pdf

    Protectionism for the rich and big business by state intervention, radical market interference.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHj2GaPuEhY#t=349

    Wikileaks

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABDiHspTJww&feature=youtu.be

    Manufacturing consent:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwU56Rv0OXM

    https://vimeo.com/39566117