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[News] [Rival] New Tool Defends Users from Microsoft's Attack on the Users with COFEE

  • Subject: [News] [Rival] New Tool Defends Users from Microsoft's Attack on the Users with COFEE
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 16 Dec 2009 12:20:12 +0000
  • Followup-to: comp.os.linux.advocacy
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Protect yourself from COFEE with some DECAF

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| Two developers have created "Detect and 
| Eliminate Computer Assisted Forensics" (DECAF). 
| The tool tries to stop Microsoft's Computer 
| Online Forensic Evidence Extractor (COFEE), 
| which helps law enforcement officials grab data 
| from password protected or encrypted sources. 
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http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2009/12/protect-yourself-from-cofee-with-some-decaf-1.ars?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss


Recent:

Microsoft COFEE, Some of the Most Illegal Software You Can Pirate

,----[ Quote ]
| Apparently Microsoft's COFEE software that
| helps law enforcement grab data from password
| protected or encrypted sources is leaking all
| over the internet. So not only can you steal
| the software, but break the law by using it
| too.
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http://gizmodo.com/5399377/microsoft-cofee-some-of-the-most-illegal-software-you-can-pirate


Siren.gif: Microsoft COFEE law enforcement tool leaks all over the Internet~!

,----[ Quote ]
| It was one of the most sought after
| applications on the Internet until it was
| leaked earlier today. And now that itâs out
| thereâand it is all over the place, easily
| findable by anyone able to use a search
| engineâwe can all move on with our lives.
| Yes, Microsoft COFEE, the law enforcement
| tool that mystified so many of us (including
| Gizmodo~! and Ars Technica~!), is now
| available to download. If only there were a
| âbayâ of some sort where, I donât know,
| pirates hang outâ
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http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/11/06/siren-gif-microsoft-cofee-law-enforcement-tool-leaks-all-over-the-internet/


Linux comes with source code, so such mischievous hacks are  impossible to sneak in.

What's the point of encryption if it's broken _by design_?


Related:

Police start notifying botnet victims

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| Police in the Netherlands claim a world's first in warning victims whose
| computers were infected by a botnet that was shut down last week. The victims
| will be forwarded to a special Web page offering instructions on cleaning up
| their systems.
|
| The high-tech crime unit of the police started issuing the warnings on
| Wednesday. Users with infected systems are automatically sent a special page
| when they log onto the Internet.
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http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php?id=481793015&rid=-50
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