Data Protection Commissioner criticizes search of private PCs online
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| "In the case of a search via the Internet a police officer covertly,
| without the person knowing about it, accesses a person's computer."
| During such an operation he or she might copy data and obtain all
| kinds of personal documents; the police officer was acting as a "state
| hacker," so to speak. Mr. Schaar observed. "Such an approach is in
| conflict with the legal obligation to protect the core of
| individuals' privacy," Mr. Schaar stated emphatically.
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http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/82529/from/rss09
Perhaps that'll explain something.
Firefox, Linux, Mac OSX gaining further momentum, Microsoft losing
marketshare in Germany
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| In Germany, the move away from Microsoft products is gathering more and
| more steam.
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| The latest browser and OS statistics for SpiegelOnline, one of or maybe
| THE most visited German news website (and one of the major websites
| worldwide according to the Netcraft statistics) is showing the huge
| impact of Firefox on the browser market, and the continuing,
| undamped crumbling of the Internet Explorer dominance.
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http://vale.homelinux.net/wordpress/?p=110
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