Die Polizei erhält in einem optimierten Gesetz zum „rechtmäßigen Zugriff“ neue Befugnisse für Online-Daten

With an admittedly incomplete but way above average understanding of Internet communication protocols, I fail to see how this new law will help police track sophisticated actors like hacker groups, organized crime and terrorists.

This bill will make it easier, though, to track teenagers sexting, to catch „low hanging fruits“ such as pedophiles trading illegal images using X or Instagram, fraudsters planning their crimes by email or idiots planing mass killings with the help of Chat GPT.

But when it comes to drugs and gun traffickers, to terrorists and international hackers, this bill does nothing…

As it should… Because to catch the sophisticated criminals would require the end of encryption and secret communication online… It would turn the internet into a dangerous place for exchanging private information such as doing banking, purchasing stuff and talking to a doctor.

Catching the real criminals would require turning the internet into a glass house where people on the sidewalk could see you taking a shower and having sex in your bedroom…

This bill is better purposes to surveil populations like journalists, activities and lawyers than it is to watch for criminal activity.

This is for monitoring behaviour, not detecting criminal events.