Housing surveillance: Government denies comprehensive espionage plans

According to a report, the Federal ministry wants to make it easier for investigators to place bugs in cars or flats. There seems to be no further plans.

Housing surveillance: Government denies comprehensive espionage plans

DasBundesinnenministerium has disclaimed media reports to effect that intermediaries wishing Union's interior ministers would receive comprehensive opportunities for a sogenanntenLauschangriff in suspects. Within DerBundesinnenministerkonferenz, it is merely discussed to make it easier to install vonAbhörwanzen inside and outside of housing, said spokesman of Federal Ministry, Johannes Dimroth, at request of golem.de. To this end, manufacturers of alarm and Sicherheitssystemengesetzlich could be obliged to cooperate with authorities undbeispielsweise to suppress warning notices by SMS to suspects.

DieMadsack Media Group had reported that Dergeschäftsführende Federal Minister Thomas de Maizière (CDU) wanted to oblige industry to "German security authorities digitaleEinfallstore for spying on private cars, computers and Open Smart TVszu. De Maizières spokesman, on or hand, rejected such plans. "Measures in relation to microphones built into computers or smart TV would not be affected by this, since this would be an access to information technology Systemeerforderlich," said Dimroth.

Online monitoring is not affected

Both interior Minister's thrust is merely to change EntsprechendenParagrafen 100c and 100fder Criminal Procedure Code (StPO). It is currently lacking in einerRechtsgrundlage to oblige manufacturers to participate. Bislangpassiere in many cases only on a voluntary basis. DieTelekommunikationsüberwachung and online search are not affected.

Dimrothräumte, however, admits that re is a dissent between SPD-undUnions-led countries. For example, SPD countries wanted to restrict Mitwirkungspflichtder manufacturers to fact that y would stop a notification SMS. DieUnions interior Minister and Federal Ministry, however, kept Fürnicht technology open enough, because in future re could be a completely different form terms for it. "Then we would have to change law again," said Dimroth.

No access to botnet machines planned

Alsebenfalls inaccurately, he described presentation of media report that security authorities should be empowered to shut down PrivateRechner in event of a crisis. It is simply a matter of taking infected computers from congestion if y were used for a botnet. It is not necessary to have access to computers. If online providers refuse to block access to network, it is stated in report of Madsack group.

Obund when planned change is actually implemented is currently open in face of Derunklaren government education. First of all, DieBundesinnenministerkonferenz would have to take note of DerAG police report next week in Leipzig. In this, federal government would be asked to examine appropriate legal measures. Then DasBundesjustizministerium is responsible for it.

Date Of Update: 02 December 2017, 12:04
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