[dang]

A couple problems with this submission:

(1) articles on HN need to be in English. We have deep respect for the German language and for other languages, but HN is an English-language site;

(2) we've gotten complaints about this title being misleading and/or completely wrong.

I've edited the title now in an attempt to be more accurate. (Submitted title was "Germany's Bundeskabinett approves draft law allowing WhatsApp/Messenger backdoor".) If there's a more accurate and neutral title we can change it again.

[Cantbekhan]

I'm sorry ... I could not find any English language article on any reliable/reputable media reporting on this matter after searching extensively. Therefore I decided it was best to submit this reputable AFP one in German that could be translated easily using Google translate or whatever.

I thought it was quite important to report on it despite the absence of English media coverage.

I apologize for the title being wrong in this case but some other German media press articles have used the word backdoor instead of Trojan. I should have used the word Trojan instead of Backdoor in relation to this particular article and apologize for the mistake. But I'm not really sure which is worse to be honest... and I also suppose they don't want the suspects aware of the Trojan being on their phone. Which leaves many wondering if they don't mean that they want the Trojans at tech companies instead (which then would become backdoors).

[dang]

It's quite ok - obviously your intentions were fine. I appreciate the explanation.