The Home Office has signed up to an EU strategy against cybercrime that “encourages” police across Europe to remotely access personal computers.The plan has sparked fears that the government is looking to increase police powers to hack into people’s computers without a court warrant.UK police already do a “small number” of such operations under existing law.However, the Home Office said the EU agreement would not affect police behaviour and was not legally binding.
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British Police ‘encouraged’ to hack more
The Home Office has signed up to an EU strategy against cybercrime that “encourages” police across Europe to remotely access personal computers.