German Police May Not Break Into a Suspect's PC

hweimer writes to tell us that a ruling in Germany's Supreme Court has made it illegal for the police to secretly hack into a suspect's computer. While some hailed this as a victory for civil rights, Germany's Interior Minister Wolfgang Schauble is expected to push for changes in the legal framework to allow police hacking.

Oh, Germany...

[Aaron Isotton]

...country of freedom and civil rights ;-)

A step forward, but...

[F-3582]

...sadly still doesn't keep certain lawyer's offices from logging hundreds of IPs using hacked P2P programs. Just to ensure a steady flow of money towards them and their "clients"...

Re:Oh, Germany...

[Aaron Isotton]

No, in the land of chocolate, banks and watches.

just change the name

[User 956]

Germany's Supreme Court has made it illegal for the police to secretly hack into a suspect's computer ... Germany's Interior Minister Wolfgang Schauble is expected to push for changes in the legal framework to allow police hacking.

Why change the legal framework? Just change the terminology. For example, while it may now be illegal to hack into a "suspect's" computer, they clearly never said anything about someone deemed to be an "enemy combatant". Problem solved. (/sarcasm)

Re:Oh, Germany...

[eviloverlordx]

No, in the land of chocolate, banks and watches.

Japan? :D

Has nothing to do with Privacy

[ObiWanStevobi]

If you aren't doing anything wrong, you have nothing to worry about. When will you privacy lunatics grasp that simple point? For once, could we stop and think of all the children this would save? You don't hate children, do you???

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[StikyPad]

Just like "real world" searches, computers may not be searched secretly.

Yeah, thank God for those "This call may be monitored for law enforcement purposes," recordings.

I'm going

[stummies]

Vincent: It breaks down like this: it's legal to buy it, it's legal to own it, and, if you're the proprietor of a software store, it's legal to sell it. It's legal to carry it, but that doesn't really matter 'cause - get a load of this - if you get stopped by the cops in Germany, it's illegal for them to hack your computer. I mean, that's a right the cops in Germany don't have.

Jules: I'm going, that's all there is too it, I'm farking going.

Vincent: Yeah baby, you'd digg it the most.

Re:Oh, Germany...

[Maxo-Texas]

Odd guess.

I would have guessed Switzerland myself.

If the woman were hotter....

[MMInterface]

I would move to Germany. Please fallow this example Japan. Say no to police brutality against computer privacy.