Chaos Computer Club versus German Government
Group of hackers from Germany are accusing their government for being a tool of foreign intelligence agencies. The lawsuit is handled by the International League for Human Rights. The story takes it roots from the revelations by Edward Snowden a former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) employee and National Security Agency (NSA) contractor who brought to light the details of the surveillance that American government unleashed upon its citizens and beyond. While the German officials had quite a negative response after the information that even Chancellor Angela Merkel’s mobile was being....
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Article updated on August 19th at 14:31 (BST). The German ministry of finance (Bundesministerium der Finanzen) has officially recognised bitcoin, mentioning the digital currency in a reply to an inquiry in parliament. "The German Ministry of Finance does not classify bitcoins as e-money or as a functional currency, they cannot be regarded as a foreign currency. Nevertheless they have to be subsumed under the German term of 'Rechnungseinheit' as a financial instrument," Martin Chaudhuri, of Bundesministerium der Finanzen, told CoinDesk. German news website Die Welt reports Member of....