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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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    there's more than one way to do me.
  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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  3. what the fuck are you fucking writing about? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    It's pretty funny, and funnier than fucking whatever the fuck you said.

  4. Hey, John Ashcroft, FUCK YOU!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    You'll never light your Magic Lantern on MY machine, 'cos I use OpenBSD and filter all email with attachments to /dev/null. So kiss my seditious ass, you fascist pig!!

  5. You friggin nimrods by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    If you honestly believe that the US FBI is trying to fuck over US citizens, I've got news for you: they aren't. This "poor me, big government and big business are fucking us" bullshit is getting old on slashdot. You're starting to sound like the wackos who think the CIA is out to get them or UFOs are coming to suck your brains out. When you grow up, you'll find some better things to worry about than which web browser works with msn.com.

    I'm through with slashdot.