the CCC published an in-depth analysis of the so called bundestrojaner in which they for example proofed that many of the techniques jused are unconstitutional

the CCC published an in-depth analysis of the so called bundestrojaner in which they for example proofed that many of the techniques jused are unconstitutional (for example intercepting skype calls). I dont know if there is an english version of the paper (short english summary and link to the german paper here: http://ccc.de/en/updates/2011/staatstrojaner http://ccc.de/en/updates/2011/staatstrojaner) but it was a very amusing read. Especially because it becomes clear very fast that from a technical standpoint, the software is horrible. Unencrypted communication with the remote, no auth or integrity checks and so on. Also, a lot of data is sent over a proxy in the US. The results were published in various newspapers, among them the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ, a very big and well known newspaper) who printed one page of the trojans source code. The headline was something like: "You cant understand this language but this is what controls your everyday life". Im very glad that we have an institution like the CCC here in germany. Its the closest you can get to a computer/tech/hacker lobby which argues from a very pragmatical point of view for example when it comes to things like voting machines. edit: if you want to see the pages from the FAZ with the code, you can find it here (warning - big pdf): http://www.faz.net/dynamic/download/fas/FAS_09_10_2011_S41_S47_Staatstrojaner.pdf http://www.faz.net/dynamic/download/fas/FAS_09_10_2011_S41_S... It's titled Anatomy of a digital vermin. The code is introduced with: "A text we dont understand but it nevertheless rules our lifes"