not a game

14:02 | 26-12-2013 | Jurisprudence, Politics, Privacy, Security, Software | 1 Comment

дальшебольше:

The FBI has been able to covertly activate a computer’s camera — without triggering the light that lets users know it is recording[1] — for several years.

как насчет законодательного регулирования подобных мер? как насчет необходимости получать ордер, например?

A search warrant would be required to get content such as files from a suspect’s computer, said Mark Eckenwiler, a senior counsel at Perkins Coie LLP who until December was the Justice Department’s primary authority on federal criminal surveillance law. Continuing surveillance would necessitate an even stricter standard, the kind used to grant wiretaps.

But if the software gathers only communications-routing “metadata”—like Internet protocol addresses or the “to” and “from” lines in emails—a court order under a lower standard might suffice if the program is delivered remotely, such as through an Internet link, he said. That is because nobody is physically touching the suspect’s property, he added.

звучит отвратительно:

“Technology is evolving and law enforcement is struggling to keep up,” said Brian L. Owsley, a retired federal magistrate judge from Texas who was not involved in either case. “It’s a cat-and-mouse game.”

 


  1. например, так.  ↩

  

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