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Sun Aug 20, 2006 3:48 am Reply and quote this post
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(AP) The FBI is going to new lengths to eavesdrop, building software to monitor computer use and urging phone companies to help make wiretaps more reliable.

The FBI's "Magic Lantern" technology would allow investigators, via the Internet, to secretly install powerful software that records every keystroke on a person's computer, according to people familiar with the effort. The software is similar to "Trojan horse" programs already used by some hackers and corporate spies.

The FBI envisions using Magic Lantern, part of a broad FBI project called "Cyber Knight," to record the secret key a person might use to encrypt messages or computer files.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2001/11/21/tech/main318869.shtml

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The Magic Lantern technology, part of a broad FBI project called "Cyber Knight," would allow investigators to secretly install over the Internet powerful eavesdropping software that records every keystroke on a person's computer, according to people familiar with the effort.

The software is somewhat similar to so-called trojan software already used illegally by some hackers and corporate spies. The FBI envisions one day using Magic Lantern to record the secret unlocking key a person might use to scramble messages or computer files with encryption software.

http://www.fitug.de/debate/0111/msg00320.html


The FBI's existing monitoring technology, called the "Key Logger System," has required investigators to sneak into a target's home or business and attach the device to a computer.

Magic Lantern could be installed over the Internet by tricking a person into opening an e-mail attachment or by exploiting the same weaknesses in popular software that allow hackers to break into computers. It's unclear whether Magic Lantern would transmit the keystrokes it records back to the FBI over the Internet or store the information to be seized later in a raid.

At least one antivirus software company, McAfee Corp., contacted the FBI on Wednesday to ensure its software wouldn't inadvertently detect the bureau's snooping software and alert a criminal suspect.

Contributed by Editorial Team, Executive Management Team
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Sun Aug 27, 2006 11:41 am Reply and quote this post
Uh oh if this got into the wrong hands it could be very very bad.
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Sun Aug 27, 2006 2:02 pm Reply and quote this post
Well this has happened to me. I tried to post on a forum once about my views on evolution (me proving it 100%   lol) but they redirected me to there Cyber Snare site >.>.

To be honest it is a complete breach of peoples privacy rights, FBI should have no control outside there own country.

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Fri Sep 08, 2006 12:20 pm Reply and quote this post
Yeah I have to agree with ya there. although I have not had it happen to me yet.
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