On the plans of the Bundesnachrichtendienst (German secret service agency) to purchase security vulnerabilities on the black market (known as Zero-Day Exploits) and to use these to surveil external computers and networks, Oliver Süme, eco Director of Policy and Law, says:
“The intention of the Bundesnachrichtendienst is, in our opinion, a blatant contradiction of the goal of the German Federal Government, as defined in the Digital Agenda and with the planned IT Security Act, to make Germany a leader in IT security. More consistent with this goal would be to fix known vulnerabilities as quickly as possible, before they become a gateway for criminals and in this way become a potential danger for users. We appeals to the German Federal Parliament therefore to examine this program critically in connection with the financial means allocated to it.”