Please feel free to distribute this far and wide: Magic Lantern - The FBI's viral key-logger - The Latest - http://lists.jammed.com/ISN/2001/12/0037.html[ISN] FBI confirms "Magic Lantern" project exists http://lists.jammed.com/ISN/2001/12/0039.html[ISN] Infamous hacker group helps the Feds http://lists.jammed.com/ISN/2001/12/0043.htmlRe: [ISN] Infamous hacker group helps the Feds - cDc calls announcement "satire" http://lists.jammed.com/ISN/2001/12/0053.htmlRe: [ISN] Infamous hacker group helps the Feds http://lists.jammed.com/ISN/2001/12/0064.html[ISN] DIRT-Magic Lantern Firm Barred from Gov Work http://lists.jammed.com/ISN/2001/12/0063.htmlFBI may be getting full benefit of Magic Lantern... from BadTrans.B [ISN] FBI surveillance bonanza in BadTrans.B worm http://www.politechbot.com/p-02955.htmlFrom the "We don't need no stinkin' oversight" dept.: Politech: FBI refuses to tell Congress aide about "classified" Magic Lantern http://www.corpwatch.org/issues/PID.jsp?articleid=1108Homeland Security, Homeland Profits Technology Already in the Hands of Law Enforcement http://www.corpwatch.org/news/PND.jsp?articleid=1092FBI Software Records Each Keystroke http://www.corpwatch.org/news/PND.jsp?articleid=1009Software Firms Object to FBI Eavesdropping http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/31/technology/ebusiness/31TECH.9.html Scarfo, Phase 2: a.k.a. "Magic Lantern" CYBERSECURITY - Threat of Terrorism on U.S. Infrastructure (nytimes.com) What is Magic Lantern? http://www.msnbc.com/news/660096.asp?cp1=1FBI software cracks encryption wall Magic Lantern part of new Enhanced Carnivore Project http://www.epic.org/privacy/carnivore/foia_documents.htmlEPIC Carnivore (and 'Enhanced Carnivore') FOIA Documents http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,5099906,00.htmlZDNet News: FBI's magic revealed as old tricks http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3371-2001Nov22.htmlFB I Is Building a 'Magic Lantern' (washingtonpost.com) http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1436-2001Nov22.htmlFB I Develops Eavesdropping Tools (washingtonpost.com) McAfee sides with FBI against customers on "Magic Lantern" http://www.politechbot.com/p-02822.htmlDeclan McCullagh's Politech FBI reportedly creating "Magic Lantern" anti-crypto virus http://www.politechbot.com/p-02834.htmlDeclan McCullagh's Politech McAfee sides with FBI against customers on "Magic Lantern" http://www.factsquad.org/radio/2001-11-26.mp3The Spy in Your Computer? (.mp3) from Fact Squad Radio http://www.politechbot.com/p-02837.htmlDeclan McCullagh's Politech Has McAfee sided with FBI on "Magic Lantern" detection? http://www.ct.heise.de/newsticker/data/wst-26.11.01-001/Spokesman for NAI in Germany disputes the Washington Post article from the German news site "Heise Online" http://www.politechbot.com/p-02839.htmlDeclan McCullagh's Politech McAfee replies -- by denying any FBI contacts of any sort <http://www.interesting-people.org/ob/htsearch?config=lists_elistx_com &restrict=%2Finteresting-people%2F&method=and&sort=score&words=%22magi c+lantern%22>"Magic Lantern" Discussion from Dave Farber's Interesting-People elist http://www.politechbot.com/cgi-bin/politech.cgi?name=mcafeeDeclan McCullagh's Politech Background on McAfee/NAI http://www.wired.com/news/conflict/0,2100,48648,00.htmlWired News Summary 'Lantern' Backdoor Flap Rages, By Declan McCullagh http://www.politechbot.com/p-02840.htmlDeclan McCullagh's Politech AP's Ted Bridis replies to McAfee: "I stand by my reporting" http://www.politechbot.com/p-02846.htmlDeclan McCullagh's Politech McAfee broadens denial: No contact with government of any sort http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/55/23057.htmlAV vendors split over FBI Trojan snoops http://www.politechbot.com/p-02851.htmlDeclan McCullagh's Politech Symantec pledges to acquiese to FBI backdoor demands http://www.politechbot.com/cgi-bin/politech.cgi?name=lanternPolitech Summary re: "Magic Lantern" http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/23150.htmlFBI 'Magic Lantern' reality check (original article picked up by ISN, below) http://lists.jammed.com/ISN/2001/12/0015.html[ISN] Magic Lantern reality check http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-7944351.html?tag=rltdnwsFBI snoop tool old hat for hackers http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2829781,00.htmlWarn ing - The FBI knows what you're typing http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,5100528,00.htmlAntivir us firms: FBI loophole is out of line http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20011210/tc/attack_tech_dc.htmlAntiv irus Firms Say They Won't Create FBI Loophole http://www.politechbot.com/p-02914.htmlPolitech: Symantec, McAfee backpedal furiously on espionage enabled-software http://www.politechbot.com/p-02918.htmlPolitech: More on Symantec, McAfee, loopholes, and espionage-enabled 'ware http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-8134814.html?tag=rltdnwsAntivir us firms balk at FBI loophole Existence of Magic Lantern Confirmed by FBI http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-8160201.html?tag=mn_hdFBI confirms "Magic Lantern" project exists http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,5100652,00.htmlFBI confirms Net spying tool exists http://www.vnunet.com/News/1127639Infamous hacker group helps the Feds [this one may be nothing more than humor or hoax... on the other hand, the related article: http://www.vnunet.com/News/87346Back Orifice just a phantom seems (at first glance) to be consistent with other articles regarding BO2K.] Magic Lantern's Closest Relatives? http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2072609,00.htmlZDNet: Back Orifice 2.0 http://pcrev.com/articles/trojan/pindex.shtmlBack Orifice (incorrectly referred to in this article as "Back Office") and other trojans http://www.vnunet.com/News/87346Back Orifice just a phantom http://www.codexdatasystems.com/D.I.R.T. - A prototype for Magic Lantern? http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/19480.htmlOr is D.I.R.T. a S.C.A.M? http://cryptome.org/dirty-secrets2.htmDirty Secrets 2 - Data Interception by Remote Transmission http://jya.com/DIRT-spy.htmD.I.R.T. being used to grab PGP keys as early as 1998 http://www.keylogger.net/Ghost - A Software Keylogger http://www.keykatcher.com/KEYKatcher - Hardware Keyloggers Can we trust LEAs? http://www.politechbot.com/p-00624.htmlIllegal LAPD wiretaps -- for shame! by John Gilmore http://www.politechbot.com/p-00628.htmlMore on LAPD and illegal wiretaps http://speakout.com/activism/opinions/4377-1.htmlWill the Government Know What You Type? <http://www.onmagazine.com/on-mag/reviews/article/0,9985,12609,00.html
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http://www.epic.org/privacy/wiretap/The Electronic Privacy Information Center's extensive resources on wiretapping cases http://cryptome.org/dirty-secrets.htmUS Ambassador on Corruption Within Security Forces http://www.msnbc.com/news/646793.asp?cp1=1First, brand all the children... By Brock N. Meeks Potential ways to detect (or protect against) Magic Lantern? http://spycop.comSpycop http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Hills/8839/utils.htmlHook Protect or PC Security Guard Warning: This page contains a possible "web bug" per Bugnosis http://www.stiller.comIntegrity Master from Stiller Research http://www.openantivirus.org/OpenAntiVirus Project http://www.gnupg.org/GnuPG (The GNU Privacy Guard) http://www.jetico.com/Jetico's BestCrypt http://www.evidence-eliminator.com/go.shtml?A660528Evidence Eliminator ************************************************************************** Subscribe to Freematt's Alerts: Pro-Individual Rights Issues Send a blank message to: freematt@coil.com with the words subscribe FA on the subject line. List is private and moderated (7-30 messages per week) Matthew Gaylor, (614) 313-5722 ICQ: 106212065 Archived at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/fa/ **************************************************************************