FBI’s search for ‘Mo’ highlights use of malware for surveillance

http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/2013/12/06/352ba174-5397-11e3-9e2c-e1d01116fd98_story.html

by andrewpi • 13 years ago

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3327• 13 years ago

frankly its fine that they do this, as long as it is regulated and is not abused. Today's criminals are harder to catch and to be blunt if the NSA had not broken laws and crossed the lines they had crossed stories like these would be fine and would not even have media relevancy.

aspensmonster• 13 years ago

Don't worry. It will be well-regulated and never abused.

streetnigga• 13 years ago

Its fine you think its fine.

ivanca• 13 years ago

Of course, it's just fine if we all get kidnapped (or raped, whatever punishment seems fair by them) by the government if we someday fit in the ever-changing definition of "criminal" and "terrorists".

And it's completely irrelevant that the government is gigantic in comparison with all the tiny teams of wrong-doers is trying to stop.

andrewpi• 13 years ago

A little more concerning to me: "The FBI has been able to covertly activate a computer’s camera — without triggering the light that lets users know it is recording"

girvo• 13 years ago

Question: I assume it uses various zero-days and known exploits to work. But what if I'm doing all of this through a Linux VM? The guy in question is "savvy" enough to use a proper proxy, and his OPSEC is good enough to get away with things thus far...

uid• 13 years ago

If you want to remain anonymous, a virtual machine is your only option.

msoad• 13 years ago

It freaks me out! I have many same attributes as this so called Mo!

   - I have a name that starts with "Mo"
   - I am from Iran
   - I am twenty something
   - I have the same skin color

I am kind of sure that they stole my information. I feel tribble right now

FBI’s search for ‘Mo’ highlights use of malware for surveillance

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