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FBI wants PC surveillance method kept quiet
USAToday ^
| 08/07/2001
Posted on 07/14/2002 12:39:49 PM PDT by Texaggie79
Edited on 04/13/2004 1:39:44 AM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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NEWARK, N.J. (AP)
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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government
KEYWORDS: bugs; computersecurityin; fbi; keylogger; privacylist
To: Texaggie79
The key logger system is a virus since it is implanted without the knowledge or permission of the owner of the computer. Virus protection software should detect it but the govt has pressured the main software vendors to ensure that this system goes unnoticed by their protection software. As a customer, I believe that they owe me the information that they have built a flaw into their software intentionally.
To: Texaggie79
FBI wants PC surveillance method kept quiet They can't tell us how they spy on us after they break into our houses without telling us that either.
Who's the criminal here? Somehow after reading this article I feel more threatened by the FBI than I do the mobster thug Scarfo.
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posted on
07/14/2002 12:48:13 PM PDT
by
AAABEST
To: Mike4Freedom
I ran across a pop-up ad the other day that offered "free pornography detection", like an idiot I allowed the program to scan my harddrive.
I could see the words it was searching for, mostly gutter-words, and after a few minutes it started scanning for "guns, assault rifles, ammo, bombs", etc.
If that aint a government run "service" I'll eat my sombrero.
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posted on
07/14/2002 12:52:01 PM PDT
by
Howie
To: Texaggie79
FBI agents installed the key logger system on Scarfo's computer after getting a search warrant allowing them to break into his Essex County business and look for a password that would unlock files they believed contained records of the illegal enterprise. Like this maybe:
before:
after:
They could probaby done this without breaking in, just wait outside and read the waves coming off his monitor, unless this guy had some TEMPEST shielding at his office.
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posted on
07/14/2002 12:57:04 PM PDT
by
Lorenb420
To: Howie
Interesting, where did you find this program?
To: AAABEST
Gosh -- I really don't care if the law enforcement people bug my computer as long as they don't alter the content.
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posted on
07/14/2002 1:03:28 PM PDT
by
TiaS
To: Texaggie79
To: ATOMIC_PUNK
Thanks!
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posted on
07/14/2002 1:41:30 PM PDT
by
MonroeDNA
To: ThinkDifferent
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posted on
07/14/2002 1:52:21 PM PDT
by
Howie
To: Howie
Thanks. They don't have a Mac version yet, I'm *so* disappointed. Their about page says they are "leading the charge against violence and pornography on the Internet"; it looks like they're just left-wing censors. (A great deal of censorware has a political agenda, some products block the NRA, others block NOW).
To: Texaggie79
This is why good crypto software allows key entry via the mouse and letter selectors or character recongnition.
FBI can't capture that via their key logger virus or their keyboard hardware modification.
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posted on
07/14/2002 2:01:04 PM PDT
by
Dinsdale
To: ThinkDifferent
They don't have a Mac version yet If you believe that I got a bridge to sell ya.
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posted on
07/14/2002 2:01:57 PM PDT
by
Dinsdale
To: Dinsdale
I was referring to the contentwatch software, not the FBI's keylogger. I wouldn't be surprised if the keylogger is using hardware, so it would work regardless of the OS.
To: ThinkDifferent
When someone asks to look for pornography and then searches for "machine gun, handguns, ammunition, etc." they are as phony as a three dollar bill.
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posted on
07/14/2002 2:10:56 PM PDT
by
Howie
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