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Norton AntiVirus Helps FBI Spy on American Citizens With Magic Lantern

Magic Lantern is spyware that the FBI uses.  It keeps track of every keystroke you make.  Norton AntiVirus, a popular software that uses purchase to protect their computers, allows the FBI to spy on you.  Here is what one top official said:Eric Chien, chief researcher at Symantec's antivirus research lab, said that provided a hypothetical keystroke logging tool was used only by the FBI, then Symantec would avoid updating its antivirus tools to detect such a Trojan.Does Norton disclose this loophole in its software license?  When I purchased Norton, I thought that they'd protect my computer from all spyware.  Sounds like a viable consumer fraud class action.  While I have no reason to believe the FBI would spy on me, I would not have purchased Norton had I known that they help the FBI spy on people...continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime & Federalism on March 10, 2009 (boomark / email).