The Finnish security specialist F-Secure will actively search for the German state Trojan with its anti-malware software and deactivate it. “We are not obliged to cooperate with the state and will therefore not do that either,” said F-Secure manager Rüdiger Trost. This would thwart the Federal Government’s plans for F-Secure to enable the secret services to read communications via WhatsApp and other encrypted messenger services.

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“State Trojans do not get a free ticket from us” “State Trojans do not get a free ticket from us,” said Trost on Saturday to the German press agency. From his company’s point of view, every Trojan horse is malware that needs to be fought. “That is why we switch them off when we discover them. We are not obliged to cooperate with the state and will therefore not do that either.”

The federal cabinet decided on Wednesday that the constitution protection , the Federal Intelligence Service and the Military Shielding Service (MAD) should not only be allowed to monitor ongoing conversations via messenger, but also messages that are sent via messenger. A corresponding change in the law to the so-called source TKÜ still has to be passed by the Bundestag.

Smartphone – more than a communication device Trost said that the secret services would first try to exploit security gaps in the devices and programs. In addition, government agencies would likely reach out to individual vendors of these devices and operating systems and request backdoor programming. The services would focus on the mobile platforms.

Not only communication with WhatsApp or another messenger is affected here, emphasize