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Police in Europe to engage in secret computer hacking

Calcutta News.Net
Monday 5th January, 2009

An EU strategy against cybercrime has encouraged police across Europe to access personal computers without the knowledge of owners.

The BBC has reported the plan has begun to worry civil libertarians in the UK, concerned that police will be able to hack into people's computers without a court warrant.

The plan, drawn up by the Council of the European Union, suggests European countries could introduce remote searches in the fight against cyber crime-fighting.

The UK Home Office has said the EU agreement would not affect UK policing as officers are able to do a "small number" of such operations under existing law.

British law already allows police to remotely access computers under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000, which allows surveillance to "prevent or detect serious crime".

The European plan is not legally binding and there is no timescale for implementing the strategy, but Jacques Barrot, Vice-President of the European Commission, said in a statement that the goal would be to ensure EU countries are committed to the fight against computer crime.

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` ~galljdaj+
01-05-09, 06:39 PM

Police in Europe to engage in secret computer hacking

The US Government has been doing it for about 8 years! Inside and outside the US!

There have been no sacred cows for the lil bush gang from day one! Save itself the gang! They are privilaged! The Constitution has been gone for the entire lil bush administration! Only trotted out for flag waving!
Anonymous
01-06-09, 08:33 AM

Hi comrade.

For once i agree with ya. Computer hacking been going on for years worldwide. Who’s behind it. Could be anyone. Yep its getting very hot to trott.
Micael
01-06-09, 12:34 PM

At what point do the police become the real criminals? It’s a question we here have been asking ourselves for a full generation. At what point does invasion of privacy become a criminal act again? Another good question. My guess is that most americans will lay down and take it like troopers, instead of fighting against it like soldiers. The police, ladies and gentlemen are the real corruption in america and it seems they are just following suit with the EU and the mexican mafia police that arrested me for Abbas in Mazatlan. I got thier asses good working with the mexican military. Legalizing the very fabric of thier power was the key. Legalizing drugs. Now the mexican mafia can only fight an insurgency until thier left over drug money is gone. Long live Hamas and what they did for me after my arrest, when they worked with the Mexican Military and some ex-CIA agents that helped to restore true justice to Mexico. You see people we must eliminate the real criminals, the police on the take. The only way to do that is to eliminate thier money flow, by getting rid of the rich politicians that make money off of war crimes like the war on an inanimate substance like drugs, wich realy if an american citizen has drugs in thier possesion, it actually becomes a war against american citizens. point blank bullseye rich giants. You Rich american giants making money off of the deaths of my brothers and sisters here in america, I’m coming for you, your next, and theres no way you can silence this voice el corrupto gigante (el corrupto gigante is a term reserved for police on the take).

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