German Police Use Trojan Horses to Capture Screen Shots

[From article]
"Schladt said that he did not object to police being able to intercept conversations held over the Internet, whether they were by voice or by e-mail. But screenshots, he said, were another story.
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“It could even be used to upload falsified ‘evidence’ against the PC’s owner, or to delete files,” the group said in the statement.
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In the United States, courts have permitted the FBI to use spyware to monitor computer use, including software that records keystrokes;"

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/german-state-police-criticized-for-electronic-snooping/2011/10/14/gIQAYSETmL_print.html

German state police criticized for electronic snooping
By Michael Birnbaum,
Published: October 15 2011