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Two new router exploits

As Golem.de reports, there are two new exploits for unprotected routers. This shows once again why it is so important to be able to choose a router yourself. Malware 1, christened "Moose/Linux" can be used to grab social media logins and also to automatically create (fake) accounts in the networks. Attacked are Linux-based routers - but this is a good part [...]

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Law on data retention in preparation

As Netzpolitik.org reports, a draft law on data retention without cause is currently in the implementation phase. Serious resistance is currently only coming from the opposition in the Bundestag. Already on 27 May, the current draft is to be launched in a cabinet meeting of the federal government. The entire law, which would allow for unprompted and mass surveillance of telecommunications in [...]

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Current status for free router selection

The topic "router compulsion" will occupy us for some time: the draft law must now go through all the stages foreseen in the legislative process. According to the Federal Ministry of Economics and Energy, the draft law has currently been notified under Directive 98/34/EC. The standstill period now runs until 8 July 2015, and the deadline by which associations [...]

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Störerhaftung: Catalogue of questions and answers published

The Federal Ministry of Economics has published a catalogue of questions and answers on the draft law to improve legal certainty. This shows that real progress in the area of "Stoererhaftung" (Breach of Duty of Care) is still not to be expected. Golem.de is taking the draft law and the now published FAQ to court: some of the changes contained in the draft law are only a pretext and will not allow the distribution of free [...]

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