Germany seeks expansion of computer spying

GERMANY SEEKS EXPANSION OF COMPUTER SPYING
[SOURCE: Los Angeles Times, AUTHOR: Kim Murphy]
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. The proposal significantly raises the stakes in the balance between privacy and security here in Germany, where the idea of a watchful government calls up images of agents sitting in basements at old typewriters listening to secret microphones.
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