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Judge Demands Details Of FBI's Keylogger

Posted by timothy on from the butchyer-honor-it's-a-secret dept.

wb8foz writes: "EPIC is reporting that Judge Politan has told the FBI to come up with details on the keystroke logger they used against Scarfo. Previously, the FBI claimed the technology was so Zuper-seKret that telling anyone how it worked would threaten 'national security'..."

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  1. BO2K for the FBI by Jeppe+Salvesen · · Score: 3, Funny

    I think I would recommend the FBI installed BO2K on these computers. That would certainly give them the kind of offsite surveillance needed. And - best part - it's free. No taxpayer dollars wasted on an expensive program. Heck - the crime lord would probably go bustin' hacker ass looking for the guy that hacked him...

    Oh no. Did I give away FBI's secret?!

    Hmm. This was supposed to be funny. I guess it actually makes a limited amount of sense. How sad.

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  2. Another FBI marvel... by Controlio · · Score: 1, Funny

    To complement this fabulous new key spying technology, the FBI is now actively using special tracking devices to find the locations of certain computers. Although the FBI was unavailable for comment, keylogs of sensitive FBI laptops were obtained from an anonymous source.

    In analyzing the data received from the laptops, it is obvious that some sort of high-tech encryption has been used, since none of the information obtained contains any human-readable content. A snippet of the data used to control this high-tech tracking mechanism was released to the press earlier today. The following line from the logs seems to control this amazing new tracking technology:

    c:\msdos\tracert.exe

  3. super secret keylogger indeed by punkrider · · Score: 5, Funny

    Scarfo: "Shit, what's this little icon in the corner...I've never seen that before."

    FBI #1: "Damnit, he's onto us! Pull the plug!"

    FBI #2: "No! It's okay. We embedded it into the Virtual Vixen (tm?) EXE. He'll play with it all day and never figure it out."

    Scarfo: "Oh wow, when did I get this? This is great!"

    FBI #1 and #2 simultaneously: "MUA HA HA HA"


  4. What if... by Scorchmon · · Score: 4, Funny

    the FBI sent the keylogger to him in an e-mail message along the lines of "I send you this file in order to have your advice." They couldn't be held accountable as he willingly opened it.

  5. It's right here somewhere... by Paintthemoon · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Certainly, your honor, that information is right here on my laptop...somewhere...hey, anybody seen..."

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