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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. Ok.. by Drathos · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Why not ban all security on devices while you're at it?

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    End of line..
  2. Obligatory Stasi remark by dyfet · · Score: 5, Insightful

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

  3. Has anybody told them they're idiots? by Baron_Yam · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The first people to get the backdoors will be cops.

    The second people will the in organized crime. It'll only take one bad law enforcement employee on their payroll to leak it... and THAT is just if there's some kind of key involved. The system itself will be public before the first device is even sold, since the standards will have to be given to the manufactures and they're going to leak like sieves.

    Then you'll have a nation of devices that are completely untrustworthy. In theory... because in practice this is so obviously too stupid to work that they can't possibly go forward with it.

  4. Re: Define by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Incorrect. The only people that lose are people who are not terrorists. Terrorists will simply use methods which are 100% immune to this law - which are plentiful. The end result, as with gun control, is that the only people who lose are good, lawful people. In the end, the only winners are tyrants and terrorists - and the stupid who believe the easily invalidated propaganda.

    Not to mention it means that these devices become engineered to facilitate hacking. Which now means everyone is now vulnerable to blackmail, extortion, kidnapping, or simply exploitation, and any number of other crimes. Again, bringing us full circle that the only winners are tyrants and terrorists.

    Only the very ignorant, very stupid, or very evil, support this type of move. As for Merkel, it's because she's very evil. She openly advocates the murder and displacement (even complete replacement) of the German people. Just as Obama and Hillary advocate for America - and all the other evil, globalist leaders in the Western world are currently doing.

  5. Re: Define by meerling · · Score: 5, Insightful

    NOBODY in security EVER thinks a backdoor is a good thing!
    They are a MASSIVE vulnerability just waiting to get cracked, and if they are mandatory, all it takes is a single slip and that entire group is totally unprotected!
    It's not a question of IF it will be used and abused, but simply WHEN

    Sorry for the caps, but I really wanted to highlight those specific words to get across the point to some of the readers.