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

[cmp@goop.org]

Simplest workaround: don't use Windoze.

  -- C.

Quoting Peter Kennard <peterk@livingwork.com>:

> 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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