Security News > 2017 > June > German law enforcement gets new hacking powers (Help Net Security)

On Thursday, the Bundestag has voted to accept a new amendment that will expand the German police’s hacking powers. The new amendment will allow them to use so-called “federal Trojans” to hack into targets’ computer, smartphone or tablet, and access all types of digital communication before it is encrypted, as well as other private data (photos, videos, etc). Before this, the federal Trojan was apparently used only for telecommunication surveillance – phone calls and text … More →

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