[pp.int.general] Translation of press release concerning the raid to find the leak in the "Bayerntrojaner"-Case

[Andreas Popp]

Sorry Christian, I was faster :D

Christian Hufgard schrieb:
> Hi everyone,
>
> I would be glad, if you would send this mail to your local press and
> distribute it to your members.
> Today it was published in all major IT portals and  two nation wide
> newpapers (Frankfurter Rundschau - print distribution, Süddeutsche -
> online portal). It shows pretty good, how important our work is.
>
>
> Christian Hufgard
>
> Vice Chairman of the Hesse Pirate Party
>
> ______________________________________________________________________
> Party in the spotlight – Existence of the „Bayerntrojaner“ confirmed
>
> A few days ago, Bavarian Police raided the private rooms of the press
> spokesman of the German Pirate Party (Piratenpartei Deutschland). Like
> in the "Cicero Case", the authorities were searching for a leaker in
> their own rows. In january during the discussion about the so called
> „Bundestrojaner“ (Note: „Federal Trojan“, a spy software for
> infiltration of private computers by state authorities), the Pirate
> Party released an internal document of the Bavarian department of
> justice received by an unknown person, which shows that such software
> might already be used without legal authorization. After the raid, the
> authenticity of this document can be considered confirmed.
>
> The situation is politically charged because of the affected person
> being a member of the executive committee of the Bavarian Pirate Party.
> The German Pirate Party repeatedly criticized this kind of spy software
> already. They further say, that there must be more parliamentary control
> over services like the BKA (Note: The German Federal Police, something
> like the US FBI) instead of more uncontrollable permissions for them, to
> prevent the civil rights from being undermined. Jens Seipenbusch, Vice
> Chairman of the PIRATEN says: „This procedure can only be considered a
> repression of our political efforts. It looks like some of our state
> officials want to establish a surveillance state without the people
> noticing.“
>
> The raid of the Pirate Party's press spokesman's private rooms must
> therefore be considered an intimidation, especially since the
> investigators should have known, that he does not know the identity of
> the leaker. Moreover a server of another party member, which was hosted
> in Bavaria, was seized. The danger of information stored on this server
> being analyzed is low though, since it was encrypted with strong
> encryption software.
>
> Andreas Popp, Chairman of the Bavarian Pirate Party says: „A brave
> person leaks documents to the Pirate Party, to inform the public about a
> procedure of the Bavarian Government, which is highly likely to violate
> the constitution. Now this persons is hunted like a criminal. Private
> rooms are raided, servers get seized. I want to tell this person, that
> measures have been taken to avoid unwanted access to data, which might
> lead to his or her identification.“
>
> press contacts:
>
> Andreas Popp
> Chairman of the Bavarian Pirate Party
> E-Mail: andreas.popp at piratenpartei-bayern.de
>
> Thorsten Wirth
> Chairman of the Hesse Pirate Party
> E-Mail: t.wirth at piratenpartei-hessen.de
>
> Jens Seipenbusch
> Vice Chairman of the German Pirate Party
> E-Mail: js@ piratenpartei.de
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