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+-   Germany Seeks Expansion of Computer Spying on Tuesday October 30 2007, @11:18PM gooman

Submitted by gooman on Tuesday October 30 2007, @11:18PM
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gooman writes "The LA Times reports on a proposal to secretly scan suspects' hard drives which is causing unease in a nation with a history of official surveillance. Along with several other European countries, Germany is seeking authority to plant secret Trojan viruses into the computers of suspects that could scan files, photos, diagrams and voice recordings, record every keystroke typed and possibly even turn on webcams and microphones in an attempt to gain knowledge of attacks before they happen."
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