German government to use Trojan spyware to monitor citizens
I doubt they have capable programmers working for them. A few years ago the Chaos Computer Club discovered the 'predecessor' version of this State-Trojan ("Bundestrojaner"). This version was a perfect example what happens when you _want_ to have such a software but your programmers _suck_ at even most basic things (like establishing a working traffic-encryption).<p>Here's the video (in German): <a href="https://youtu.be/zAV-hTpperU" rel="nofollow">https://youtu.be/zAV-hTpperU</a><p>We shouldn't fear their 'capabilities' but rather their lack of knowledge that'll ultimately lead to 'open systems' which can later be exploited by other criminals.<p>In fact, our State (I'm from Germany) supports criminal activities by using a crappy software that'll crack the basic security measures of Windows.<p>I doubt they have any professional Linux programmers working for them. Working for the State also means earning only a fraction of what you can earn in the free market.<p>I do not fear the State but criminals who'll sooner or later exploit holes created by our "security agencies".