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Police 'encouraged' to hack more
Police already use hackers' tools for 'remote searching'
By Flora Graham
BBC News
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.
The plan, drawn up by the Council of the European Union, makes broad statements on how to improve European cyber crime-fighting, including inviting countries to introduce remote searches if they are already provided for under national law.
In a statement regarding the agreement, the Council stated that "the new strategy encourages [the police and the private sector] to…resort to remote searches."
British law already allows police to remotely access computers under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000, which allows surveillance to "prevent or detect serious crime".
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