Posturing against Internet censorship - sorry, but you can't really take the prolethikers seriously in light of things like, for example, the blocking orders from DĂĽsseldorf. Because if it were serious, they would first clean up their own dirty doorstep ...
owl - 10.7.2007 - 26.4.2008
Planned BKA Law The Lidlization of Law - "The seized computer data should not be reviewed by an independent judge to determine whether they constitute an 'interference with the core area of private life' (and therefore may not be used); instead, this review should be conducted by 'two employees of the Federal Criminal Police Office', 'one of whom has the qualification for judicial office'. Only if these two police officers have doubts should they submit the seized data to the judge for review." - I've been saying it all along, put the federal government under surveillance by the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution, because the biggest enemies of the constitution today are sitting in Berlin.
Filesharing becomes more dangerous - or not - as usual, botched construction. Because the federal prolethicians just can't do anything really right. Except then go ahead and further erode the rights of citizens - that they can do really well.
CCC publishes Schäuble's fingerprint - cool action.
BKA Chief completely off the rails - "Above all, there should be no further speculation in public about the possible technology of the so-called federal trojan, explained the top policeman to Spiegel Online." - what does this guy think he is, that he wants to forbid the population from thinking and discussing?
Comment: Stasi statement a super-GAU for Die Linke - why the demand of a Left Party deputy of what the Interior Minister is diligently implementing should now be a super-GAU ... (ok, ok, I understand, the Left should distinguish itself argumentatively from the CDU - and whoever believes that there are significant differences between parties, for whom I have a cheap bridge in Brooklyn). The way in which the press is now stirring up this - admittedly stupid - statement, while at the same time a federal minister sworn in on the constitution tramples this constitution underfoot, is already highly embarrassing.
German government considers "Big Brother scenarios" with RFID to be far-fetched - and once again proves how clueless and technically inept they are. Or how bought. I have no idea which would worry me more ...
Zypries threatens imprisonment or fine for storing IP addresses - "According to a now published decision (PDF file) of January 10 (Az. 5 C 314/06), in case of non-compliance, a fine of up to 250,000 euros and, as an alternative, even up to six months imprisonment for Federal Minister of Justice Brigitte Zypries (SPD) personally is threatened."
Credit agencies in Austria must delete credit data upon request - could we please get this here in Germany as well?
Election observers in Hesse - Isotopp collects links, saves me the trouble of collecting them myself. The thing with the voting computer at the party official's home is already great ...
I love the Internet. And my genes. - time again to link to the Rebel Market. If the future is social-gen-sharing, and everyone can deduce nonsense from pseudo-scientific collections of data garbage, if future HR managers not only get the sexual preferences and the drunken remarks from the study period willingly served from the net, but also a genetic profile with absurd pseudo-interpretation, then a new boundary of complete stupidity on the net has definitely been crossed. And since it fits so well into the whole discussion, let's just ge-owled. I mean, Stasi 2.0 is nothing compared to what is voluntarily disclosed on the Internet ...
CDU Hessen may have used internal school office data for election advertising - well, of course, the lists of explicit interested parties "all parents' and school parents' representatives, teachers, school staff councils, school principals, students, and student representatives" in this completeness are naturally freely available on the Internet. Of course, Mr. Boddenberg, we believe all of this. But if that is the case, then either an authority in Hesse has a massive hole, or someone else has a massive misunderstanding of data protection. Or they are simply just a liar? Wasn't an accusation, just a question ... (just "owled" because this negligence with internal databases is also how the party of the currently ruling - illegally - works, not the first time this happens. Every burglar covers their tracks better.)
Three constitutional judges argue over jurisdiction for data retention - for some reason (probably overly optimistic) I hope they are arguing about this because they all want to beat up the prolethikers in Berlin, as attacks have come from that direction more often.
Schäuble sharply criticizes constitutional judge Papier - Schäuble, who is planning a new aviation security law, told the newspaper Die Welt that constitutional judges are "not democratically legitimized" for "advice" on the design of such laws. Unlike the Federal Constitutional Court, the interior minister opined, without excluding human dignity: "All constitutionally protected areas end somewhere." In his opinion, where these limits lie is "a matter for the legislature." - Well, if you have such interior ministers, you don't need terrorists anymore. Can someone explain the Basic Law to Mr. Schäuble? And could the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution finally put Mr. Schäuble under observation? After all, he is the number one enemy of the constitution in Germany.
SPD: Decision for online search has been made - "I do, however, have the hope that the Constitutional Court will re-interpret the significance of the right to informational self-determination in the age of the internet. This is relevant for all security authorities." - I, on the other hand, have the hope that the Constitutional Court will verbally kick the proletharians in Berlin's ass.
Schäuble's new plans outrage the opposition - "The plan by Federal Interior Minister Wolfgang Schäuble to further expand his already heavily controversial draft for an amendment to the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) law and to finally abolish the eavesdropping protection for so-called professional confidentiality holders has led to outraged reactions from the Left and the Greens." - of course, outrage is cheap in the opposition. But does anyone believe that in the event of a possible change of government, the current opposition - if it were to participate in a new government - would strongly advocate for the repeal of any laws? The Union also liked to express outrage during its time in opposition, just like the SPD. Simple outrage is indeed very cheap, politically ... (especially when you are insignificant)
USA want to establish international biometric database with allies - Echelon 2.0, particularly nice the hint also on suspects of minor offenses (hey, parking offenders and the suspicious wrong waste sorting - you are meant!) and particularly nice the unidentified fingerprints.
Ruffles for "Existential Threatening" Warning File of the Insurance Industry - and another pot in which data is diligently collected so that some companies can steal themselves from the performance expected of them. And customers are diligently driven into the maw of potential customers with the privatization of parts of old-age provision and health insurance ...
Child pornography: Companies to evaluate hard drives - "In their investigations against child pornography in connection with the nationwide operation 'Heaven,' the Berlin police want to use internet specialists from external companies." - as if it were such a good idea to hand over private data (and every hard drive contains such data) to companies instead of having it examined by officials. What nonsense is this? Of course, the volume of data may overwhelm the officials - but one could have realized that beforehand. Now, however, to ultimately devalue all potential evidence by handing it over to entities outside the investigating authorities is quite a strange action.
New setback for music industry's cease-and-desist lawyer - "In his judgment, Judge Schulz criticizes the fact that the Rasch law firm did not notice the transposition of numbers in the correspondence with the public prosecutor's office. He also read the riot act to the latter: The transfer of the personal data behind the IP address to the lawyer had been unlawful. The Code of Criminal Procedure would not allow such a transfer of personal information by the prosecutors."
SPD interior politician announces approval for online searches - the dishonest Social Democrats don't even bother to set up their dominoes before knocking them over themselves.
TOR-Server threatened with shutdown due to data retention - presumably, in the long run, we will have to rely on TOR servers in democratic and free states to be able to go online without being snooped on. But just as likely, the use of TOR servers will eventually be banned.
129a: Lesereise behind bars - "The Schrader case also raises questions and initially offers two possible interpretations: Either the accusation of political justice is correct or the investigators have botched things in an incredible way. If an alleged guerrilla can travel in and out of the country for years - what does that say about the protection against real terrorists?"
heise online - Extended police surveillance powers demanded - "The SPD interior expert Dieter WiefelspĂĽtz spoke out against the proposal of the CDU politician and warned in the newspaper against 'constantly calling hysterically for new laws'" - what do you want to bet that the Special Democrats, when push comes to shove, will flip again like dominoes? They make a lot of noise, but act? Hypocritical posturing, nothing more.
BGH declares control of letters in Hamburg to be unlawful - amusing how a SPD politician justifies the excessive action, contrary to the BGH's argumentation. How prolethicians repeatedly place themselves above the judiciary and the law is quite shocking. That the Social Democrats are right at the forefront of this is, of course, not surprising since Schily.
Warning of "unbearable escalation" of data retention - it was clear that this nonsense would come. With our prolethic leaders in Berlin, terrorism and copyright infringement are the same thing. Will a BGH or a Federal Constitutional Court protect us from this madness?
Bundestag approves agreement on the transfer of passenger data - how the prolethikers pat themselves on the back for the nonsense they spout. Disgusting.
Schäuble steps up software development - Golem.de - because the Interior Minister doesn't need to think about trivial matters like proportionality and constitutional compliance.
Is the Federal Eavesdropping Center coming? - and those who previously believed that Stasi 2.0 was only a satirical exaggeration will now slowly realize that it is deadly serious.
Zypries accuses critics of data retention of lacking expertise - reading such statements from the federal incompetence (some insist on calling her the Federal Minister of Justice) is quite amusing. If we talk about lack of expertise here, then this first and foremost applies to our politicians, who are completely ignorant of facts and realities. When she then makes such an accusation, among other things, to the Federal Data Protection Commissioner, it only becomes ridiculous.
CCC hackt Hamburger Wahlstift - "The CCC particularly criticizes that, according to the new Hamburg election law, only the digital crosses recorded by the voting pen should be considered as an expression of the voters' will. The paper serves only as a voter-soothing decoration, as the votes on the paper are to be recounted for verification in only 17 of the approximately 1,300 polling stations. Votes that are clearly cast with a conventional ballpoint pen or fountain pen are to be sorted out as invalid, so that in case of doubt, the computer is decisive, not the votes on the paper."
Arcor must block YouPorn - not that I want to defend large porn offers now. But what is visible here is how the internet is increasingly being destroyed with warnings, court orders and all that machinery. Because the collateral damage is quickly large - but that doesn't interest anyone. Ultimately, it's all about someone wanting to make more money and, without their own ideas, simply playing the lawsuit card. No matter how absurd and nonsensical the approach (blocking websites) is. Some people are bothered by porn without age verification, others might be bothered by virtual worlds without proper age verification, the next person is bothered by bread images. And the state is bothered by all kinds of information offers if they do not correspond to their own ideology. And so everyone happily runs around, uninformed by facts, and screams for blocks. No matter how ridiculous the whole thing is.
annalist - about life under general suspicion and observation by the BKA. Because the man researches certain topics that then stand out in cross-references to search queries. And does anyone still believe that this whole surveillance fetishism in Germany is completely harmless?
How does one become a terrorist? - about the background of the proceedings against Andrej H. (about whose surveillance by the BKA his wife reports in her blog)
Voting machines and the limits of freedom of information - so much for our democratic order, which is based on trust in elections and their correct conduct. Why should any citizen trust a voting machine if its function is considered a state and corporate secret and the protection of corporate interests outweighs the protection of citizens' interests? This is about voting machines, not some stupid hi-fi device ...
Biometrics opponents charged with trespassing - 'According to the police report, a total of six people entered the swimming pool in the early afternoon – "disguised as regular bathers".'
Population aged 16 and above should provide fingerprints for ID cards - with absurd justifications and silly promises ("no storage"), which won't be kept anyway. Just further into the surveillance state - the demand for the "use of fingerprints already available" will certainly come very shortly after the rollout. Just like with the toll data.
SWIFT withdraws EU data from easy access by the USA - they say. they plan.
Berlin court bans storing of personal data - ouch. On the one hand, of course commendable when the amount of data is reduced that is left behind everywhere. Detailed log files from web servers that in the standard settings of many installations sometimes run for a year or longer - that is already bad in terms of data protection. On the other hand, a flank for warnings will certainly be opened again: anyone who has their web statistics publicly accessible documents their IP address collection via log file. It will be interesting to see what comes out of it.
Outrage over EU plans for «web censorship» - latest from Looney Land. We have funny years ahead of us, with crazy politicians with control freak neurosis and the most absurd ideas about reality.
PIN-Code and fingerprint - it seems the idiots in Berlin still haven't quite figured out that the internet is international - and stores abroad will ignore their great control fetishism. But of course, they will continue to try to sell this to us as a great idea for consumer protection.
Experts have significant concerns about data retention - but this will certainly not impress any politician much. The critics simply pay too poorly.
Tor-Server-Betreiber stellt nach Razzia Anonymisierungsserver ab - the biggest danger when using Tor or similar techniques: the technical ignorance of the authorities. They simply don't know what the stuff is and how they should react (taking the tor server would not have helped either, but would at least be logically justifiable). And of course the possibility for the authorities to intimidate people into stopping - which I do not want to imply here, I really just see the ignorance of the deciding official here. Tor is just exotic. For operators of such systems, however, this is part of the necessary risk assessment - you often and "gladly" encounter ignorance.
Merkel finds debate on online raids "concerning" - that's what you call democratic discussion, Mrs. Merkel. Have you looked in the Basic Law recently? The last time I checked, it still said we have a democracy. And something like freedom of opinion. And even that members of parliament are only bound by their conscience. But most of them have long since auctioned that off to the highest bidder. Funny enough, I find the ignorance of the prolethicians in Berlin towards facts much more concerning ...
Major setback for US voting machine manufacturer - wow. I'd love to see something like this here in Germany.
Zypries intensifies criticism of online raids - hmm. Are there elections coming up somewhere? Or is the ongoing discussion just an expression of the summer doldrums?
Scan This Guy's E-Passport and Watch Your System Crash - e-Passport. A complete disaster.
Top official of the Federal Police had his employees' emails monitored - "The chain letter 'additionally burdens our IT network and reduces processing speed,'" explained department head Fritzsch in an employee letter, justifying the online raid. Well, well, abuse in online searches is certainly excluded in such officials ...
Playing it safe? - the movie now at archive.org. Go watch it!
EU "pulled over the table" on passenger data - "A closer reading of the documents shows that the triumphantly announced breakthrough rather resembles a capitulation to the USA, warned representatives of the ALDE and the Greens. 'The EU was pulled over the table,' judged Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert (ALDE). In particular, it was criticized that the German presidency had emphasized the reduction of the categories of transferred data. The question asked twice by Green Kathalijne Buitenweg to Commissioner Frattini, which data would no longer be transferred in fact, he did not answer. It was only a summary of the data in fewer categories, the deputies complained."