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FBI Compromises Another Remailer
betterunixthanunix writes "Another remailer has been compromised by the FBI, who made a forensic image of the hard disk of a remailer located in Austria. The remailer operator has reissued the remailer keys, but warns that messages previously sent through the remailer could be decrypted. The operator also warns that law enforcement agents had an opportunity to install a back door, and that a complete rebuild of the system will take some time."
The remailers are not the target, it's users are.
Don't know something? Look it up. Still don't know? Then ask.
An anonymous remailer is a server that receives messages with embedded instructions on where to send them next, and that forwards them without revealing where they originally came from.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anonymous_remailer
If you read the thread, it was Austrian authorities that took the image at the request of U.S. authorities.
Austrian Law Enforcement took a disk image, meaning they had direct access to the server. The Austrian's did this at the behest of the FBI. So yes, law enforcement could have installed a backdoor while they had access.
Read the post; they did have access to the live system. The operator does not think it is likely that a backdoor was installed, but as a security precaution has indicated that the system will eventually be rebuilt (probably with new keys issued).
Palm trees and 8
They didn't. No one did. The admin just told everyone "Depending on how paranoid you are, you may assume the machine is backdoored, since the authorities have had access".
The U.S. is not a democracy.
The U.S. is a Democratic Republic. Your vote is simply there to elect a representative of "the people". That elected person then votes how they see fit.
Its how easy these elected people can be payed off that's that problem.
Even "your" candidate is most likely being paid by somebody with a lot of money and an agenda.