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German government decides on intelligence surveillance like in Snowden times
The German Federal Intelligence Service is to hack into mobile phone and Internet providers and monitor the communications of all customers. The German government has passed a bill to this effect. A new body, not the Federal Data Protection Commissioner, is to be responsible for oversight.
The German government today decided to again massively expand the powers of the Federal Intelligence Service. The cabinet approved the bill to amend the BND law, which will then go to the Bundestag.
The grand coalition had passed the current BND law in 2017 in response to the revelations by Edward Snowden and the intelligence investigation committee. At the time, our conclusion was, "Everything the BND does will simply be legalized. And even expanded." In May, the Federal Constitutional Court ruled the law unconstitutional and overturned it. Now the federal government is making a new attempt, which is likely to end up in court again.
We published the first draft in September and the second draft in November. Experts criticized the drafts: think tanks, journalists, press freedom NGOs, Internet associations and the Federal Data Protection Commissioner. Despite the opportunity to comment, the government did not change much.
Hacking, mass surveillance, metadata
Because the current BND law is based on unconstitutional basic assumptions, the Chancellor's Office has almost completely rewritten the law. We had already reported on many of the details. In the future, the foreign intelligence service will be allowed to legally hack not only individuals and devices, but also servers and service providers, including entire mobile and Internet providers.
https://netzpolitik.org/2020/bnd-gesetz-bundesregierung-beschliesst-geheimdienst-ueberwachung-wie-zu-snowden-zeiten/
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The German Federal Intelligence Service is to hack into mobile phone and Internet providers and monitor the communications of all customers. The German government has passed a bill to this effect. A new body, not the Federal Data Protection Commissioner, is to be responsible for oversight.
The German government today decided to again massively expand the powers of the Federal Intelligence Service. The cabinet approved the bill to amend the BND law, which will then go to the Bundestag.
The grand coalition had passed the current BND law in 2017 in response to the revelations by Edward Snowden and the intelligence investigation committee. At the time, our conclusion was, "Everything the BND does will simply be legalized. And even expanded." In May, the Federal Constitutional Court ruled the law unconstitutional and overturned it. Now the federal government is making a new attempt, which is likely to end up in court again.
We published the first draft in September and the second draft in November. Experts criticized the drafts: think tanks, journalists, press freedom NGOs, Internet associations and the Federal Data Protection Commissioner. Despite the opportunity to comment, the government did not change much.
Hacking, mass surveillance, metadata
Because the current BND law is based on unconstitutional basic assumptions, the Chancellor's Office has almost completely rewritten the law. We had already reported on many of the details. In the future, the foreign intelligence service will be allowed to legally hack not only individuals and devices, but also servers and service providers, including entire mobile and Internet providers.
https://netzpolitik.org/2020/bnd-gesetz-bundesregierung-beschliesst-geheimdienst-ueberwachung-wie-zu-snowden-zeiten/
#mass #surveillance #germany #secretservice #goverment #privacy #hacking #metadata #mobilfunk #isp #thinkabout #netpolitics
📡@cRyPtHoN_INFOSEC_DE
📡@cRyPtHoN_INFOSEC_EN
📡@BlackBox_Archiv
📡@NoGoolag
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BND-Gesetz: Bundesregierung beschließt Geheimdienst-Überwachung wie zu Snowden-Zeiten – netzpolitik.org
Der Bundesnachrichtendienst soll Mobilfunk- und Internetanbieter hacken und die Kommunikation aller Kunden überwachen. Die Bundesregierung hat einen entsprechenden Gesetzentwurf beschlossen. Der Geheimdienst wächst weiter und bekommt nächstes Jahr erstmals…