February 7th, 2007, 07:17 PM
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German Court Decision Re-ignites Online Surveillance Debate
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A decision Monday by the German Federal High Court (BGH) in Karlsruhe renders it illegal in that country –- for now -– for police and intelligence services to use clandestine tools such as Trojan horse routines, or what would normally be categorized as malware, for use in surveillance on federal suspects.
But the high court ruling did not set a legal precedent, which means that it didn’t actually find a new way for existing law to be interpreted to permanently prohibit the use of remote computer exploits for surveillance purposes.
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