[Politech] Correction on security firms and detecting spyware [priv]
Declan McCullagh
declan at well.com
Tue Jul 17 12:17:07 PDT 2007
Whoops! I mistyped when sending out the last message. To be clear, we
asked the 13 companies this question:
"Is it your policy to alert the user to the presence of any spyware or
keystroke logger, even if it is installed by a police or intelligence
agency in the absence of a lawful court order signed by a judge?"
And we received 13 responses saying YES, it was their policy. Putting
this thing together was a beast (about 5,000 words including the
verbatim responses) and you can tell that I'm a bit frazzled as a result.
Previous Politech message:
http://www.politechbot.com/2007/07/17/will-security-firms/
And, by way of comparison, here's something from the archives saying
Symantec in 2001 would overlook FBI spyware:
http://www.politechbot.com/p-02851.html
And McAfee apparently saying the same:
http://www.politechbot.com/p-02834.html
But then McAfee challenged the AP article:
http://www.politechbot.com/p-02846.html
http://www.politechbot.com/p-02840.html
At least now we have them on the record in a less ambiguous way. (The
court order clause could be a loophole, but National Security Letters
aren't signed by a judge so I don't think it's a big one.)
-Declan
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