-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Jochen Schulz wrote: > What Jörg Ziercke wants is to break into computers of suspects, log > their activity and search their hard drives while the owner is using it. > That way they wouldn't have to break encryption, they would just > circumvent it.
[snip] The whole public discussion about the legalisation of online searches in Germany misses one basic thing: At present German police or secret service are not allowed to break into the computer of a known (or not known) criminal or citizen. However, the means intended for the German police, are already used illegally by criminals and/or foreign services to break into the computers of ordinary citizens. It is stupid to assume that the German police are the only ones with capabilities to plant trojans into other peoples computers. The real problem is that there are operating systems that don't prevent hacking strong enough. So, as long as people don't care, whether [enter your personally most despised criminal organisation or most feared foreign service] is *able* to hack their computer, why would they care about the German police? At least the police would respect _some_ of the laws protecting privacy or at least would be forbidden to use the information they gather for personal profit/ blackmail/ kidnapping etc. etc. Conclusion: while no law in the world can protect you against criminals, at least some laws can protect you against the police. If you want to be secure, use a secure OS with a secure configuration and you will hopefully ban both police and criminals from using and misusing your computer. Just my 0.02 € Johannes -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFHTbDnC1NzPRl9qEURArKqAJ0Tq1FeXs4D7zrjQHQgo4XFKFj4dwCfV3r8 8+3ZNjdQScZNsJi8nYMVLoY= =vvTR -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
