Re:German government to use Trojan spyware to monitor citizens
by unclebucknasty on Tuesday February 23, 2016 @07:54PM
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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.
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.