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Wednesday, October 12, 2011

German Officials Admit Using Spyware On Citizens, As Big Brother Scandal Grows

A government surveillance software scandal that erupted in Germany this weekend has spread beyond that nation's borders, raising questions about how far government officials around the globe might go to monitor citizens through spyware.

On Saturday, as reported on MSNBC.com, the German-based Chaos Computer Club announced it had examined a Trojan horse program allegedly spread by government officials to secretly spy on citizens' Internet travels, e-mail, chat and more. The software, originally intended only to help officials intercept Internet phone calls through legal wiretaps, went far beyond those permissible purposes, the hacker group alleged. The group called the government's use of the software outrageous and demanded it be destroyed immediately.

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  1. lmclainOctober 13, 2011 at 10:09 AM

    What was that saying about power and corruption? And I'm POSITIVE that the German government will cave into the citizen demands. After all, they really didn't MEAN to do anything ILLEGAL. I wonder what THEIR version of the Patriot Act is called?

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