Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submitlogin

S3for.me is hosting at hetzner.de one of the largest german hosting companies. Unfortunately they have to provide a wiretapping API to police, secret service (BND / Bundesnachrichtendienst) and other govermental institutions. They are not allowed to talk about this or risk punishment.

Recent developments from Mr. Snowden show, that BND regularly sniffs and provides data to the NSA.

If you want to find out more about this, try to find a translation of the TKÜV (Telekommunikations-Überwachungsverordnung). It was established in 2002 http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/BND-ueberwachungsschn...

Update: http://www.bmwi.de/BMWi/Redaktion/PDF/Gesetz/TKUEV-deutsch-e...

The obligated party shall tolerate the installation and operation of equipment of the Federal Intelligence Service in its premises which shall only be installed and serviced by Federal Intelligence Service staff specially authorised and shall meet the following requirements:…



Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: