Germany wants to spy on suspects via Web

[<rms () computerbytesman com>]

If this German proposal goes forward, AV and anti-spyware companies are back
to the problem of figuring out if their software will detect government
spyware or ignore it.

Richard

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070831/ap_on_hi_te/germany_trojan_horses_4;_ylt
=AvDuhnKtiuU1rhc84GC2qqcE1vAI

BERLIN - German officials on Friday defended a proposal to use "Trojan
horse" software to secretly monitor potential terror suspects' hard drives,
amid fierce debate over whether the measures violate civil liberties. 

Interior Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble wants to include the measure in a
broader security law being considered by conservative Chancellor Angela
Merkel's coalition government.

Schaeuble defended the tactic in an interview with n-tv television Friday,
calling the ongoing debate "completely exaggerated," underlining that
judicial approval would be required before the measures could be used. "It's
about a few isolated cases."

Carried in e-mails that appear to come from other government offices, the
software would allow authorities to investigate suspects' Internet use and
the data stored on their hard drives without their knowledge.

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