Berlin (dpa) – After months of preparation the investigators from federal and state governments is the disputed own software for online searches available
the license for the so-called Federal trojan was issued, a spokesman of the Ministry of the Interior. The technical tests and the necessary legal forward had been completed. The Federal Trojan could come at any time for use. Originally wanted the Bundeskriminalamt (BKA) have it ready for use in the fall.
In the online surveillance data be skimmed on the hard drive of a suspect. The program is used to monitor ongoing conversations and chats. First, the Germany radio had reported that the Federal Trojan is nearing approval
The ministry spokesman said: “.. Basically this is a skill at a point where there was not such a capability” The software is used to source telecommunication surveillance. It should also allow investigators keep track communication before it is encrypted.
The Green Party Vice Konstantin von Notz was skeptical whether the Trojans can be used constitutional. “The Federal Constitutional Court has made it clear that a secret remote access may be allowed only under strict conditions and with outstanding important legal interests.” Accordingly, this is about at risk of injury or death, or offenses against the existence of the state of the case.
From Notz demanded among other things that the underlying the program source code must be disclosed, so the programming language of the software. Similarly, also expressed the Chaos Computer Club.
The Interior Ministry spokesman stressed that the instrument come only because of legal requirements for use. The Federal Data Protection Commissioner Andrea Voßhoff had been involved.
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