DW: Germany Wants to Use Spying Software for Private Computers
Germany Wants to Use Spying Software for Private Computers
According to two German daily newspapers, Germany's interior ministry plans police-controlled spying of private computers to combat terrorism. Keyboard movements and password entry could also be monitored. Cologne's Stadt-Anzeiger (KSTA) and the national tageszeitung (taz) newspapers reported Wednesday that Germany's interior ministry wants to employ fake e-mails to allow agents to search private computers.
According to a 22-page paper from the interior ministry (a copy of which KSTA obtained), the plan would involve sending e-mails attached with Trojan horse malware to suspected terrorists. The paper said that "sending e-mails under the names of other government authorities" could be employed in justified, exceptional cases.
