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[ NNSquad ] Hey Germany, remember this story? - 2008: German Authorities Raiding Homes To Find Skype Tapping Whistleblower


Hey Germany, remember this story? - 2008: German Authorities Raiding Homes To Find Skype Tapping Whistleblower

http://j.mp/1cet4IQ  (Techdirt)

   "Apparently a whistleblower recently leaked some evidence that German
    authorities were using a special trojan horse software to tap Skype
    audio conversations. The document detailing this was leaked to the
    German Pirate Party, one of many international "Pirate Parties" that
    have been formed in recent years to push for more reasonable
    government policies on a variety of fronts from intellectual property
    to privacy and government surveillance. Illegally tapping Skype
    conversations may be illegal, but it seems that German authorities are
    a lot more interested in tracking down who leaked the documents and
    have raided the homes of various German Pirate Party members,
    confiscating computer equipment. Of course, if anything, this would
    seem to confirm that the government was at least experimenting with,
    if not actively using, such a trojan horse wiretapping program -- and
    the raids have only served to generate much more attention over that."

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False indignation is almost as "amusing" as hypocrisy, eh?

--Lauren--
Lauren Weinstein (lauren@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren 
Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org/pfir-info
Founder:
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 - PRIVACY Forum: http://www.vortex.com/privacy-info
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