[governance] European Police Plan to Remote-Search Hard Drives

[Jeffrey A. Williams]

All,

  The plot thickens?  Well, not really...  But as it relates to
privacy issues this seems a bit over the top.

See:
A blandly-worded story from the BBC with scary
implications, excerpting "
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7758127.stm Remote searches of
suspect computers will form part of an EU plan to
tackle hi-tech crime. The five-year action plan will take steps to
combat the growth in cyber theft and the machines used to spread spam 
and other malicious programs. It will also encourage better sharing 
of data among European police forces to track down and prosecute 
criminals. \ Europol will co-ordinate the investigative work and also 
issue alerts about cyber crime sprees.

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