German Carriers Told To Install Cyber-Snooping Tech

[David Goldstein <goldstein_david@yahoo.com.au>]

German Carriers Told To Install Cyber-Snooping Tech 
The German government has rushed through proposals forcing telcos to
install cyber-snooping technology that would give police and security
agencies access to most German communications. 
While the proposals have been on the table for almost five years,
their progress was held back prior to the events of Sept. 11 because
of consumer privacy issues and the costs of installing surveillance
systems at smaller Internet service providers (ISPs). 
 http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/171516.html

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