You guys dont mind if the pigs install malware on your computer do you?

Something something european democracy something something bulwark against Russian Chinese authoritarianism, something something east german stasi

Such hollow, opportunistic rehtoric from people and governments who are doing the exact same things they accuse others of. Germany in particular, with it's to-the-hilt support of Israel's genocide, does not seem to have learned it's lesson.

If I ever move to Germany I'll remember to booby trap my doors and windows.

In the US it's always been possible to do this with a proper warrant, though avoiding detection if the person expects something could be difficult. Security cameras and so on.

I'm not too bothered by this given how much work it is. They will only do it if there's a criminal case or some other significant interest to work from. It's not a tool of warrantless mass surveillance even though it's been done abusively/illegally from time to time.

The Stasi is back

This is kinda silly. Most implants are installed by the NSA at the airport when you buy the device.

It's much easier for them to install implants on devices at the time you order it than to break into your house.

Well, that sounds very undue-processy of them. Obviously what a same, civilized society would allow.

So, the German police are the Stasi?

And I'm sure if citizens do anything to remove malware on their devices they'll be criminally charged too 🤡

Capitalism advanced towards end stage.

Hey wasn't Germany a democracy and didn't have Statsi?

That's not a police job. Is german secret service entirely useless or what?

Germany fronting some really insidious shit. Again.

the fuck?

If remote installation of the spyware is technically not possible, paragraph 26 explicitly allows investigators to "secretly enter and search premises" in order to gain access to IT systems. In fact, Berlin is thus legalizing – [as Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania did before]– state intrusion into private apartments in order to physically install Trojans, for example via USB stick.

What the fuck 😳

Are explosive usb ports allowed? Or maybe high voltage, welding their equipment in place.

This feels like a “carry your computer with you if possible, back up all your files offsite, install hidden cameras (along with some obvious cameras for misdirection), and wipe everything if you see someone enter” situation..

Would that even be enough? Not for your physical privacy ofc but for avoiding the spyware.

Bismarck is history's greatest monster

There it is. Germany never really stopped being nazi.

We can expect more of this kind of thing as we get closer to war with Russia.

People whose thread model requires high stakes and serious encryption are probably using PGP with hardware keychain, with Tails or something similar on a live USB.

Adding a high-profile law like this will probably just cause them to increase their op-sec and make it even harder to actually get any evidence where it really matters, while having a huge PR cost and abuse potential. But it's very probably not about catching criminals anyway.

Also, it's kinda funny that they moved from SS to AA :D

This is some Stasi shit