02 January 2019
"European police should access computers and telephones with Trojan programs. Europol is now building up a "decryption platform“ in The Hague."
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See: Europol to coordinate hacking authorities in Member States (link):
"The European Union wants to support the Member States in intercepting telecommunications. Investigators should be able to penetrate private computers or mobile phones to install software to read encrypted messages. This was confirmed by the German Federal Ministry of the Interior (MOI) in response to a question by a Left Party Member of Parliament. The focus is on the police agency Europol, which has been commissioned to set up a „decryption platform“.
See also: Statewatch Analysis: EU agrees rules for remote computer access by police forces (pdf)
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