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Title: New UK police powers to hack without a warrant Post by: Alex on January 06, 2009, 11:37:02 AM New UK police powers to hack without a warrant
To the outrage of civil liberties groups and the government opposition, the UK Home Office has begun permitting police and MI5 officers to hack ("remote search") people's computers without their knowledge and without a court warrant. Information gleaned can then be shared with other European forces, in line with a shift in EU policy. The goal, as with all such moves, is to track down terrorists, paedophiles, and cybercriminals. One method for stealth surveillance involves installing spyware on targetted individuals' computers, normally by sending people emails with infected attachments. This can, of course, be done from anywhere. Another method entails hacking directly into people's wifi networks from close range. Read full story... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/neowin-main/~3/mRsLgT7Y2V8/new-uk-police-powers-to-hack-without-a-warrant |