- activists.

They've recently introduced a new law to allow Berlin police to secretly enter
people's homes, install spyware/ Trojans and yeet without a word. Like spooks.

How lovely & democratic
-- https://nitter.net/richimedhurst/status/2005621187095707994
29 Dec 2025 · 12:45 PM UTC

(CCC is the annual Chaos Communication Congress run by the Chaos Computer Club)

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Berlin: Police can secretly enter homes for state trojan installation
Stefan Krempl, 5 Dec 2025
https://www.heise.de/en/news/Berlin-Police-can-secretly-enter-homes-for-state-trojan-installation-11103284.html

Law provides for massive tightening
A bone of contention is the combination of digital surveillance and physical
intrusion: In order to monitor encrypted communication, investigators will in
future, according to the Senate draft and the Änderungen der Abgeordneten, not
only be allowed to hack IT systems but also to secretly enter suspects'
apartments. The explosive innovation is hidden in paragraphs 26a and 26b. These
regulate so-called source telecommunications surveillance (Quellen-TKÜ) and
secret online searches. In order to intercept communication on devices such as
smartphones or laptops before or after decryption, the police may use malware
such as state Trojans.

But the new Police Act goes a step further: If remote installation of the
spyware is technically not possible, paragraph 26 explicitly allows
investigators to "secretly enter and search premises" in order to gain access to
IT systems. In fact, Berlin is thus legalizing - as Mecklenburg-Western
Pomerania did before - state intrusion into private apartments in order to
physically install Trojans, for example via USB stick. IT security experts not
only warn about leaving vulnerabilities open. They also see a constitutional
violation in the combination of residential space violation and digital
investigation.