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Re:German government to use Trojan spyware to monitor citizens by coldtea on Tuesday February 23, 2016 @10:12AM (#11159374)
>We shouldn't fear their 'capabilities' but rather their lack of knowledge that'll ultimately lead to 'open systems' which can later be exploited by other criminals.

We should fear their intent. Their capabilities are beside the point -- they could hire the very best tomorrow if they found they need to.

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Re:German government to use Trojan spyware to monitor citizens by unclebucknasty on Tuesday February 23, 2016 @07:54PM (#11163659)
Spot on. We should also fear the attempt to make such activity legal.

Capabilities will evolve on all sides. The mindset that cedes the right of the state to engage in this activity and instead falls back to a position of mounting a technological defense against them is a losing one. It essentially says to the state, "it's fair game to come get whatever you can".

Given enough time and intent, the unlimited resources of the state will ultimately prevail. More importantly, this is not the posture that private citizens should tolerate with their governments. This is first and foremost a legal matter. Technological capabilities are secondary.

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Re:German government to use Trojan spyware to monitor citizens by rayiner on Tuesday February 23, 2016 @10:53AM (#11159697)
Not only that, they could take over the already-built infrastructure of tech companies tomorrow if they wanted to.
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