Germany may allow intelligence agencies to spy on users with Trojans

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Next week, Germany will consider a bill that gives all 19 federal state intelligence agencies the right to spy on users with Trojans when looking for criminals. ISPs will be required to install government malware-distributing equipment in their data centers. The FinFly ISP of FinFisher will probably be chosen as such software.

A large coalition in the German parliament developed a legal framework for the legal use of malware to track criminals a few years ago. According to the idea of the parliamentary majority, the authorities should obtain the right to online surveillance through software on smartphones or computers, using malware that can read all information before it is sent and encrypted to another subscriber.

The first version of the "Bundestrojaner" was developed back in 2008, and at the same time the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany allowed its use in cases related to terrorism. Its use was criticized by human rights activists and IT experts, since the program allowed not only to view the correspondence of suspects, but also opened up the possibility for secret online searches of the entire computer.

Human rights activists, including the Society for Freedom Rights, are already filing lawsuits against the government for their use of Trojans. Internet service providers are also not happy with this development, citing a potential loss of confidence from the population.