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Bavarian Police Seeking Skype Trojan Informant

Via /.

Bavarian police searched the home of the spokesman for the German Pirate Party (Piratenpartei Deutschland) looking for an informant who leaked information about a government Trojan used to eavesdrop on Skype conversations.

There is a high probability that the Trojan is used illegally. A criminal law specialist said, "The Bavarian authorities worked on the Trojan without a legitimate basis and now try to silence critics." The informant need not worry since "every information that could be used to identify him" is protected against unauthorized access by strong encryption.

The Trojan is supposedly capable of eavesdropping on Skype conversations and obtaining technical details of the Skype client being used. It is deployed by e-mail or in place by the police.

A Pirate Party spokesman said, "Some of our officials seem to want to install the Big Brother state without the knowledge of the public."

posted by Fergie @ 9/18/2008 12:32:00 PM