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Judge Upholds FBI Keyboard Sniffing
mshiltonj writes: "Wired is reporting that keyboard sniffing can be used to catch "mobsters." I feel safer already. You can read the ruling. Here's a snippet: "This case presents an interesting issue of first impression dealing with the ever-present tension between individual privacy and liberty rights and law enforcement's use of new and advanced technology to vigorously investigate criminal activity. It appears that no district court in the country has addressed a similar issue. Of course, the matter takes on added importance in light of recent events and potential national security implications." Translation: Don't deny us this tool or you'll be blamed for us not catching terrorists." See also an Infoworld article. We have several previous stories on the Scarfo case.
separate wires and trunks and routers and networks, to be free. We need a geographically distributed Intranet that is incapable of connecting to the Internet, where the FBI can snoop using Magic Lantern or any other tool it wants.
The government wants to protect its corridors of free information and commerce instead of its borders, or territory. This redefinition of sovereignty is really a justification for imperialism.
If one accepts that logic, though, the only thing to do is to create a sovereign and inviolate internet, separated by an airwall from the Internet. Info between the two can be carried via disks that are rigorously scanned, if necessary.
I can't wait to see some secret cables being dug and laid by freedom-loving people.
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Here's a pointer, Switch OS's
Sorry Sebastopol, I had to say it. Some one is going to.
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Quit being a cheap ass, and go buy McAfee Viruscan for $29.99 at WalMart. You must be one of those guys with like a killer box and all, but you have to sit on an upside down cardboard box and eat ramen noodles.