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[News] Government Now Eavesdropping on E-mails, Suffering from SPAM-Spewing Windows Zombies

  • Subject: [News] Government Now Eavesdropping on E-mails, Suffering from SPAM-Spewing Windows Zombies
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2007 13:13:40 +0100
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • Organization: Netscape / schestowitz.com
  • User-agent: KNode/0.10.4
Federal Appeals Court Holds Email Constitutionally Protected

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| In an important case, the federal appeals court for the Sixth Circuit ruled 
| on June 18 that email users generally enjoy a constitutionally-protected 
| right of privacy in their email as it sits in storage with a service 
| provider. The court also declared unconstitutional a provision of the 
| Electronic Communications Privacy Act that allows government investigators to  
| use a subpoena or court order issued on less than probable cause to obtain 
| older email without notice to the person whose email is being disclosed.     
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http://www.linuxelectrons.com/news/general/10912/federal-appeals-court-holds-email-constitutionally-protected

Government warns public on fake e-mails

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| Despite efforts to educate the public about the dangers of clicking on 
| unknown links and attachments in spam e-mail, many computer users still do 
| so.  
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070726/ap_on_hi_te/e_mail_scams_federal_agencies


Related:

FBI to Notify Microsoft Windows Users Who Were Victims of Botnets

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| The Department of Justice and FBI have announced the results of 
| an ongoing cyber crime initiative to disrupt and dismantle 
| “botherders” and elevate the public’s cyber security 
| awareness of botnets.
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http://www.linuxelectrons.com/news/general/10550/fbi-notify-microsoft-windows-users-who-were-victims-botnets


FBI remotely installs spyware to trace bomb threat

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| While there's been plenty of speculation about how the FBI might deliver 
| spyware electronically, this case appears to be the first to reveal how the 
| technique is used in practice. The FBI did confirm in 2001 that it was 
| working on a virus called Magic Lantern but hasn't said much about it since.    
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http://news.com.com/8301-10784_3-9746451-7.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20

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