More Details On the German Government's Use of Malware

Reader HnT writes with an update on the German government's malware, recently dissected by the CCC: "The German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung reports details on cases where the government malware was used so far — all of them actually unlawful and in violation of its initial intention to only be used against serious crime and threats of terrorism."

Ah, but when you have a new toy

[ackthpt]

So tempting to take the lid off, play around with it, see what else it can do.

Meringuoid's Law proven once again.

[Tackhead]

"Whenever a controversial law is proposed, and its supporters, when confronted with an egregious abuse it would permit, use a phrase along the lines of 'Perhaps in theory, but the law would never be applied in that way' - they're *lying*. They intend to use the law that way as early and as often as possible."

- meringuoid [slashdot.org], Nov 24, 2005.