I have mixed feelings here. While I want the FBI to catch crooks in cyberspace , the civil libertarian in me is a little spooked here.
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Is the FBI Behind Spyware?
In the pursuit of cybercrooks, the FBI is casting itself as an ethical hacker.
Scott Bradner, Network World
Tuesday, April 21, 2009 06:55 PM PDT
More details are emerging about how the FBI engages in hacking and the planting of spyware.
This story goes back to at least 2001 when Bob Sullivan of MSNBC and Ted Birdis of AP broke the story of Magic Lantern. At the time the FBI did not want to say much, but now there is real information that clears up some things and reinforces real concerns over this approach.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/163590/is_fbi_behind_spyware.html?tk=rss_news
