Police allowed to hack your computer

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http://security.itproportal.com/arti...-hack-your-pc/

The UK Home Office has increased the powers of police, by allowing them to routinely hack into citizens’ personal computers without even a court warrant. The technique, popularly referred to as “remote searching”, includes intruding into computers in offices and homes, so as to monitor email and web traffic.

The move, which is in line with the decision of European Union’s ministers in Brussels, has sparked resentment among several civil rights groups and opposition MPs.

According to EU’s recent proclamation, police across different member states of EU have been permitted to extend the scope of ‘intrusive surveillance of private property’ without a court warrant, and it will allow police forces from Germany, France, and other EU members to ask UK police to hack computers of users in UK.

Remote searching is usually carried out by sending an email consisting of a bug to suspect’s PC, which eventually passes on the required information, such as internet-browsing habits and email contents, to a distant surveillance squad.


In addition, this can also be achieved by inserting ‘key-logging’ applications into a computer that transmits details about every key hit by the user. Expressing anger over the new law, Liberty’s director Shami Chakrabarti said in a statement, “This is no different from breaking down someone’s door, rifling through their paperwork and seizing their computer hard drive”.

In my opinion key logging people is a bit too far. :L

[N!ck]

Can we charge them for bandwidth use?

[Fart]

Can we charge them for bandwidth use?

LOLOLOL

sounds like newbs using phishers to me.

[Pyroka]

Omg joining the police so I can hax.

[Dan!]

thats just bit to far if you ask me.

[Pyroka]

Not really, they can get a court warrant without even telling you and hack into it lolol.

[Dan!]

Not really, they can get a court warrant without even telling you and hack into it lolol.

I guess its just easy for them, thencoming and getting the pc its self.

[Pyroka]

Yeah exactly, sorta makes sense. Its getting rid of red tape which has stopped so many things, now they can inspect paedophiles computers. The one thing nobody thought about though is how now paedophiles will have to stay offline if they're not to be detected.

[DaveTaylor]

Yeah exactly, sorta makes sense. Its getting rid of red tape which has stopped so many things, now they can inspect paedophiles computers. The one thing nobody thought about though is how now paedophiles will have to stay offline if they're not to be detected.

They might just end up using a neighbors internet though :/

[GommeInc]

It just sounds like normal protocol to me. Don't read and download emails sent by people you don't know. Except, these hackers are now officials

This just seems like a waste of police time and money, when key strokes aren't going to prove alot, especially if you're playing Runescape or Habbo and saying "I'ma going to stab stab!"

They might just end up using a neighbors internet though :/

Or internet cafe