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Symantec Will Not Detect Magic Lantern
An anonymous reader contributes: "In this article on Declan McCullagh's Politech, Symantec chief researcher Eric Chien stated that provided a hypothetical keystroke logging tool was used only by the FBI, Symantec would avoid updating its antivirus tools to detect such a Trojan, echoing a similar stance Network Associates allegedly took with its McAfee anti-virus software earlier this week. 'If it was under the control of the FBI, with appropriate technical safeguards in place to prevent possible misuse, and nobody else used it -- we wouldn't detect it,' said Chien. 'However we would detect modified versions that might be used by hackers.'"
The only thing we have to be scared of is that the FBI become hamstrung by the bleeding-heart civil libertarians. Hell, they have a hard enough time putting criminals behind bars as it is, what with dumb juries, superstar attorneys and all kinds of airy-fairy constitutional rights BS.
Lets face it, criminals are the only ones who need to be worried about this FBI virus. And who cared about a few criminals losing their rights ?
If I pay someone to give me security, I expect them to provide it against anyone who wants my information.
So if you hire private security guards to protect your house, do you expect them to forcibly keep out the FBI when they have a warrant?
Sometimes it's best to just let stupid people be stupid.