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Enhanced Carnivore To Crack Encryption Via Virus

Posted by timothy on from the trust-us-once-again-ma'am dept.

suqur writes: "MSNBC has a story about a new Carnivore feature, dubbed 'Magic Lantern,' which arrives on a victim's computer in the form of a virus through email or well-known vulnerabilities. Magic Lantern uses keylogging to extract keys typed in, and sends them off to the FBI. This is similar to a story reported on previously, but taken one step further, allowing computers to be compromised remotely."

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  1. Re:yyeeeeeesh. by rebug · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    click here

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  2. Wow! by MaxVlast · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    That's fantastic!

    I'm very impressed.

    My opinion is that if people are going to spend that much effort to compromise my privacy, they deserve to do it. If I don't put as much effort into protecting it, I don't deserve to have it.

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