FBI Used Spyware for Online Search 79
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)."
Please tell me why I should run Windows? (Score:5, Interesting)
I suspect that getting such a tool installed on my Linux box would be much harder.
Re:More Firefighters Needed! (Score:5, Interesting)
It's now our fault in voting up a dupe, not
Now
Security through obscurity (Score:3, Interesting)
Sure some poor sap will be done over, but hopefully it won't be you.
Re:Good ! (Score:3, Interesting)