[tor-talk] German police keylogger analysis (and the effects on Tor are....?)

[lodewijk andré de la porte]

All non-windows OS's are less likely targets due to a lower market share.
Linux has complete rights management, although using it properly is the
user's (or his/her root's) responsibility. Mac has a good reputation but I'm
not an expert on it.

What's even better is chrome/chromium OS. Don't install anything, browser
only. No place to install spyware.

Lewis

2011/10/13 Eugen Leitl <eugen at leitl.org>

> Has been covered extensively on Fefe's blog as well.
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> Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2011 23:39:12 -0700 (PDT)
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> Subject: [tor-talk] German police keylogger analysis (and the effects on
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> Here is an article which details the German federal police's use of
> keyloggers.
>
> http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/10/german-gov-spyware/
>
> There are also links to Wired's coverage of the FBIs keylogger which are
> well worth a read.
>
> Keyloggers would, I assume, defeat the whole purpose of Tor since the URL
> would be recorded and sent to the fedz.
>
> How to overcome?  My impression is that no-one is sending .exe attachments
> these days but rather exploiting unpatched browsers by tricking people to
> visiting a site (although of course they can always install it manually).
>
> I suppose that up-to-date anti-virus and anti-malware might help if you are
> on Windows.  And, of course, using NoScript and blocking Flash and suchlike.
>
> What would be the situation if you are using Linux (such as Ubuntu for
> example).  I realise that keyloggers must exist for Linux but would they be
> more difficult to install?
>
> Is moving to Linux one solution?
>
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