FBI remotely installs spyware to trace bomb threat
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| While there's been plenty of speculation about how the FBI might deliver
| spyware electronically, this case appears to be the first to reveal how the
| technique is used in practice. The FBI did confirm in 2001 that it was
| working on a virus called Magic Lantern but hasn't said much about it since.
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As such, it's unlikely that the FBI will encourage the use of GNU/Linux. It'll
just want to keep an open trapdoor, even if millions of PCs get captured by
criminals.
Maybe the Nanny Nation policy is to blame for security headaches. Microsoft
builds an O/S for Big Media and spies.
The sad fact is that the Chinese government has got such viruses as well, so it
can hijack foreign PCs now. Everyone can. Windows is insecure by design (and
it's not a deficiency, it's a trait).
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