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FBI Used Spyware for Online Search

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the not-surprised-here dept.

juct writes "The FBI has used PC spyware for the first time to reveal the identity of an offender who sent bomb threats to a high school in Washington state. According to heise Security, a declaration from the FBI official who applied for the search warrant describes the mode of operation of the spyware which the FBI is using under the abbreviation CIPAV (Computer and Internet Protocol Address Verifier)."

3 of 79 comments (clear)

  1. Re:How long will it be before... by bconway · · Score: 3, Funny

    I figured if the editors weren't going to take the time to post new content, there wasn't much reason for us to, either.

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  2. Re:Are the editors boycotting reading /. again? by RuBLed · · Score: 3, Funny
    Ha! The quote displayed as of the time I'm writing this is:

    If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all. -- Oscar Wilde


  3. Re:How long will it be before... by vbjay · · Score: 1, Funny

    Of course with Windows, it wouldn't be a backdoor. It would just be a window! :D Hence the name.