The Federal Criminal Police Office has completed the first version of the software. Naturally, everyone is now wondering: will the spyware run on my computer too?
The answer is YES...
...at least according to Jörg Zierke. And he is, after all, the head of the Federal Criminal Police Office.
In an interview with Stern, he says that the effort involved is considerable "because we have to develop separate software for each case." This "Remote Forensic Software (RFS)" is "software that is always developed only for the individual case, a unique piece tailored specifically to a suspect's computer environment."
So what would this look like in practice?
First, a team of investigators tries to identify the target system using a network scanner. Then special software is written for my (identified) operating system. In my case, a nice native Linux program.
But how does it get onto my computer? Mr. Zierke has an answer to that too. He says it would also be possible "to install the software on the computer online over the Internet."
I see... well, I am curious. Will an email arrive with a spoofed sender and an attachment? We shall see.
And how does the data get back out of my network? There will probably be an update to the Federal Trojan soon, and then Mr. Zierke will surely tell us about it in an interview.