[Squishy] Re: Fw: [politics] Magic Lantern

[Peter Kennard]

This calls for a counter virus that patches McAffee :)

At 11:15 AM 12/5/2001 -0800, Jeff Wishnie wrote:
>What stupidity--do they think no one will write a detector/protector 
>against this?
>
>As the article rightly points out, if Norton and McAffee go along with 
>this all it means is that they will loose their business to
>companies who don't collude...
>
>- jeff
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Alex Chaffee" <alex@stinky.com>
>To: <politics@stinky.com>
>Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2001 10:56 AM
>Subject: [politics] Magic Lantern
>
>
> > Reportedly, the FBI will soon launch an Internet worm, and two big
> > anti-virus companies are colluding -- they've said that their software
> > will turn a blind eye if they discover that it's been installed on
> > your system.
> >
> >
> > 
> http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/zd/20011205/tc/warning_we_know_what_you_re_typing_and_so_does_the_fbi__1.html
> >
> > Code-named "Magic Lantern," the bureau's new project would essentially
> > create a government-sanctioned Internet worm that would self-install
> > encryption-keystroke loggers on chosen computers. Agents would still
> > need to obtain a court order before "infecting" someone, however the
> > U.S. Patriot Act passed in October requires authorization only from a
> > state or U.S. attorney general at first; a judge's order isn't needed
> > until later. One method of distributing the encryption-keystroke
> > loggers involves having a friend or relative of the person under
> > investigation send him or her an infected e-mail. Of course, this
> > could only happen if the suspect's antivirus program didn't first
> > detect the FBI's Trojan horse.
> >
> > SO FAR, Symantec and Network Associates have said their software will
> > not detect the presence of this FBI Trojan horse. It should be noted
> > that antivirus products already exclude some files from their scans,
> > though none are as powerful as Magic Lantern. No antivirus software
> > vendors outside the U.S have weighed in on this matter yet.
> >
> > Shane Coursen, a SecurityFocus columnist and CEO of WildList
> > Organization International, a group that tracks viruses in the wild,
> > predicts that any such collusion with the FBI might begin the downfall
> > of U.S. antivirus software maker's dominance worldwide.
> >
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