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FBI Files Brief on Scarfo Keylogger

Posted by michael on from the only-as-secure-as-the-weakest-link dept.

Firewort writes: "In an affidavit (warning, it's a PDF) filed with a federal court in New Jersey, the FBI has disclosed some of the details of a controversial "key logger system" used to obtain the encryption password of a criminal suspect. They go into great detail describing PGP and the different methods they might have used to keystroke-log Scarfo to get his encryption key." Interesting, and more technically sophisticated than the basic keyloggers which grab keystrokes indiscriminately.

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  1. For a second there... by BiggestPOS · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I thought it read Scarface keylogger. I was confused to say the least. Is this STILL a big deal? You would think in the wake of the Terrorist Activities they would be giving the bureau a lot more leeway in surveillance...

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  2. Just because you're offline... by obsessively+puzzled · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Just because you're offline at the moment, your email is subject to being searched without a wiretap order? That's what the affidavit seems to be implying. Does this make sense?

  3. Re:keystroke blackbox by wiredog · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Use logarithms and a slide rule. They make the multiply/divides much easier.

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