Critics warn that the new rules could be misused, enabling overreach and intrusion into privacy
Berlin police will be allowed to secretly enter private homes to install spyware, after the German House of Representatives approved sweeping changes to the city’s police law.
Backed by the governing CDU-SPD coalition and opposition AfD, the law gives police broad new powers over both physical and digital surveillance.
The new law allows the authorities to secretly enter a suspect’s home to install spyware if remote access isn’t possible. Berlin police can now legally conduct physical break-ins for digital surveillance. The updated rules also allow…
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