Re: Using a thief to catch thieves?
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Originally Posted by
Crazed Rabbit
So, they couldn't legally pay someone to break into a Swiss Bank and steal data so the government could get money, but they can pay someone who has broken into a bank and stolen data so the government can get data? How very convenient for them.
Any English link to the news?
It's very convenient indeed and the guy hasn't broken into anything, he has access to the data as he works there, he's just selling a company secret. The kind of thing US agents steal in Germany, too, btw.
Can't find a link, I read in a newspaper at work that they had some experts check whether it's lawful.
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Originally Posted by
Crazed Rabbit
No, the point is that Germany is buying data from a criminal that it could not otherwise legally obtain.
In short, contracting out certain aspects of law enforcement to criminals with bounties.
CR
It's not contracting out anything, the guy had already acquired the data by the time he contacted the german investigators.
The USA has a whole agency that employs criminals in other countries to get things it could not otherwise legally obtain, it's called the CIA...
