Mashiki Amiketo wrote on Feb 28, 2012, 16:38:

Teddy wrote on Feb 28, 2012, 15:28:
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You'd have to push pretty damn hard in a court of law to prove any form of damage actually occurred from this to gain any measure of recompense.

The privacy act and the law governing computer misuse here in Canada covers things that you don't specifically authorize on your PC. So, if they are indeed scanning your PC for it, they're breaking the law and committing a criminal act. Probably in Germany too, canada's privacy law is modeled after germany's. Damage doesn't matter, all that's required it intent or action without the users consent.