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.html>Re: [ISN] Infamous hacker group helps the Feds - cDc calls announcement "satire" <http://lists.jammed.com/ISN/2001/12/0053.html>Re: [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.html>FBI 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.html>From 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=1108>Homeland Security, Homeland Profits Technology Already in the Hands of Law Enforcement <http://www.corpwatch.org/news/PND.jsp?articleid=1092>FBI Software Records Each Keystroke <http://www.corpwatch.org/news/PND.jsp?articleid=1009>Software 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=1>FBI software cracks encryption wall ‘Magic Lantern’ part of new ‘Enhanced Carnivore Project’ <http://www.epic.org/privacy/carnivore/foia_documents.html>EPIC Carnivore (and 'Enhanced Carnivore') FOIA Documents <http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,5099906,00.html>ZDNet News: FBI's magic revealed as old tricks <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3371-2001Nov22.html>FB I Is Building a 'Magic Lantern' (washingtonpost.com) <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1436-2001Nov22.html>FB I Develops Eavesdropping Tools (washingtonpost.com) McAfee sides with FBI against customers on "Magic Lantern" <http://www.politechbot.com/p-02822.html>Declan McCullagh's Politech FBI reportedly creating "Magic Lantern" anti-crypto virus <http://www.politechbot.com/p-02834.html>Declan McCullagh's Politech McAfee sides with FBI against customers on "Magic Lantern" <http://www.factsquad.org/radio/2001-11-26.mp3>The Spy in Your Computer? (.mp3) from Fact Squad Radio <http://www.politechbot.com/p-02837.html>Declan 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.html>Declan 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=mcafee>Declan McCullagh's Politech Background on McAfee/NAI <http://www.wired.com/news/conflict/0,2100,48648,00.html>Wired News Summary 'Lantern' Backdoor Flap Rages, By Declan McCullagh <http://www.politechbot.com/p-02840.html>Declan McCullagh's Politech AP's Ted Bridis replies to McAfee: "I stand by my reporting" <http://www.politechbot.com/p-02846.html>Declan McCullagh's Politech McAfee broadens denial: No contact with government of any sort <http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/55/23057.html>AV vendors split over FBI Trojan snoops <http://www.politechbot.com/p-02851.html>Declan McCullagh's Politech Symantec pledges to acquiese to FBI backdoor demands <http://www.politechbot.com/cgi-bin/politech.cgi?name=lantern>Politech Summary re: "Magic Lantern" <http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/23150.html>FBI '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=rltdnws>FBI snoop tool old hat for hackers <http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2829781,00.html>Warn ing - The FBI knows what you're typing <http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,5100528,00.html>Antivir us firms: FBI loophole is out of line <http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20011210/tc/attack_tech_dc.html>Antiv irus Firms Say They Won't Create FBI Loophole <http://www.politechbot.com/p-02914.html>Politech: Symantec, McAfee backpedal furiously on espionage enabled-software <http://www.politechbot.com/p-02918.html>Politech: More on Symantec, McAfee, loopholes, and espionage-enabled 'ware <http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-8134814.html?tag=rltdnws>Antivir 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_hd>FBI confirms "Magic Lantern" project exists <http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,5100652,00.html>FBI confirms Net spying tool exists <http://www.vnunet.com/News/1127639>Infamous 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/87346>Back 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.html>ZDNet: Back Orifice 2.0 <http://pcrev.com/articles/trojan/pindex.shtml>Back Orifice (incorrectly referred to in this article as "Back Office") and other trojans <http://www.vnunet.com/News/87346>Back 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.html>Or is D.I.R.T. a S.C.A.M? <http://cryptome.org/dirty-secrets2.htm>Dirty Secrets 2 - Data Interception by Remote Transmission <http://jya.com/DIRT-spy.htm>D.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.html>Illegal LAPD wiretaps -- for shame! by John Gilmore <http://www.politechbot.com/p-00628.html>More on LAPD and illegal wiretaps <http://speakout.com/activism/opinions/4377-1.html>Will 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.htm>US Ambassador on Corruption Within Security Forces <http://www.msnbc.com/news/646793.asp?cp1=1>First, brand all the children... By Brock N. Meeks Potential ways to detect (or protect against) Magic Lantern? <http://spycop.com>Spycop <http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Hills/8839/utils.html>Hook Protect or PC Security Guard Warning: This page contains a possible "web bug" per Bugnosis <http://www.stiller.com>Integrity 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?A660528>Evidence 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/ **************************************************************************