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German government approves plod-spyware law
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| The German government yesterday passed a controversial anti-terror law that
| would grant police the power to monitor private residences, telephones and
| computers.
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| Instead of tapping phones, they would be able to use video surveillance and
| even spy software to collect evidence. Physically tampering with suspects'
| computers would still not be allowed, but police could send anonymous e-mails
| containing trojans and hope the suspects infect their own computers.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/06/05/germans_approve_spyware_law/
Swedish Gov't to Vote on Allowing E-mail, Phone Monitoring
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| The bill -- which has been dubbed "En anpassad
| försvarsunderrättelseverksamhet", or Adapted Military Intelligence Service,
| and nicknamed Lex Orwell -- will let the Swedish Defense Radio Establishment
| listen in on wired traffic that passes Swedish borders, to protect against
| foreign threats.
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http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/146750/swedish_govt_to_vote_on_allowing_email_phone_monitoring.html
If you use Windows, you already /share/ your PC with many guests. It ought to
be assumed.
Related:
Cryptome: NSA has access to Windows Mobile smartphones
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| First time in history Cryptome.org has released information about the
| characteristics of NSA’s network surveillance.
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http://blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/1028
Dual_EC_DRBG Added to Windows Vista
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| Microsoft has added the random-number generator Dual_EC-DRBG to Windows
| Vista, as part of SP1. Yes, this is the same RNG that could have an NSA
| backdoor.
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| It's not enabled by default, and my advice is to never enable it. Ever.
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http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2007/12/dual_ec_drbg_ad.html
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