🚨 Berlin police gain power to secretly enter homes and install state Trojans on devices for surveillance. Approved by CDU-SPD-AfD coalition, sparking privacy alarms. Is this a digital age necessity or overreach? https://www.heise.de/en/news/Berlin-Police-can-secretly-enter-homes-for-state-trojan-installation-11103284.html #BerlinPolice #Privacy #StateTrojan #Surveillance #Newz
Berlin: Police can secretly enter homes for state trojan installation

To collect data from IT systems, investigators in Berlin can secretly search suspects' rooms. This is in a Police Act amendment.

heise online

So, the #Austrian Parliament ignores all expert opinion and ratifies a law to allow #statetrojan #spyware to be bought and used, making the whole population less safe while spending tax money on (non-EU) malware instead of more actual police forces. #Karner has won - at least until #VfGh nullifies it (again) - in getting his legal illusion past the Parliament, even though it can't be technically implemented as written in the law.

https://orf.at/stories/3399187/

> Nach jahrelanger Diskussion ist die Messengerüberwachung am Mittwoch vom Nationalrat ermöglicht worden. Widerstand gab es nicht nur von FPÖ und Grünen, sondern auch innerhalb der Koalition von NEOS-Abgeordneten. Mit der Vorlage wird es dem Staatsschutz künftig möglich sein, unverschlüsselte und verschlüsselte Nachrichten bei Diensten wie WhatsApp und Signal auszulesen.

Last Friday, we (again) added a statement on the next iteration of the ministry of internal affairs trying to legalize #statetrojan #spyware for secret services: https://www.parlament.gv.at/gegenstand/XXVIII/SNME/337

TL;DR: It is a slight improvement over the last draft, but still doesn't align with technical reality.

#Austria #politics

Staatsschutz- und Nachrichtendienst-Gesetz, Sicherheitspolizeigesetz, Telekommunikationsgesetz 2021, u.a., Änderung | Parlament Österreich

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