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Berlin: Police can secretly enter homes for state trojan installation (www.heise.de)

submitted 5 days ago by schizoidman@lemmy.zip to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/54414754

In order to monitor encrypted communication, investigators will in future, according to the Senate draft and the Änderungen der Abgeordneten, not only be allowed to hack IT systems but also to secretly enter suspects' apartments.

If remote installation of the spyware is technically not possible, paragraph 26 explicitly allows investigators to "secretly enter and search premises" in order to gain access to IT systems. In fact, Berlin is thus legalizing – as Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania did before – state intrusion into private apartments in order to physically install Trojans, for example via USB stick.

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[-] quick_snail@feddit.nl 6 points 4 days ago

The Stasi is back

[-] yogthos@lemmy.ml 17 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

you mean the Gestapo since GDR was integrated into the west German model

this post was submitted on 06 Dec 2025

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