BBC 'vague' reporting again!

[Caspar Bowden]

FYI - after digging around on the European Council website, this appears to=
 relate to http://www.consilium.europa.eu/ueDocs/cms_Data/docs/pressdata/en=
/jha/104344.pdf

...and the relevant bit is

- "(in the medium term)...facilitating remote searches if provided for unde=
r national law, enabling investigation teams to have rapid access to inform=
ation, with the agreement of the host country;"

Whilst digging, also noticed this which might be of interest:
http://www.consilium.europa.eu/ueDocs/cms_Data/docs/pressData/en/jha/104337=
.pdf
"Council Conclusions on combating the criminal misuse and anonymous use of =
electronic communications" (sic)

--
Caspar Bowden


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> admin@chiark.greenend.org.uk] On Behalf Of Paul Vigay
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> Just spotted this item on the BBC news -
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7758127.stm where they claim
> "Remote
> searches of suspect computers will form part of an EU plan to tackle
> hi-tech crime."
>
> They don't state how these 'remote searches' will work, but either
> they're
> assuming Windows has some backdoor in it, people are too stupid to
> configure an effective firewall, the BBC don't understand the
> technology
> involved or I've misread something in the story. :-)
>
> Paul
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