RE: CRIME Kudos to Acting Police Chief Andrew Kirkland

From: Kuo, Jimmy (Jimmy_Kuo@private)
Date: Thu Nov 22 2001 - 22:33:09 PST

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    >ObCRIME Mailing list: It was recently reported 
    >http://www.msnbc.com/news/660096.asp?cp1=1
    >that the FBI has added a new feature ("Magic Lantern") to Carnivore 
    >that will seek to obtain crypto keys from suspects' computers using 
    >an e-mail virus. An interesting question I have not seen answered 
    >is whether the FBI or other government agencies will need a warrent 
    >to deploy such tools, or to use the fruits there of. Anyone in law 
    >enforcement have a clue of whether you need a warrent to hack into 
    >a suspect's computer?
    
    First, it's not a virus.  It's a trojan.
    
    Second, I believe Ashcroft has answered that question already.  The answer
    is, no warrant is needed if there is no intention to use the information
    gathered for a prosecution.
    
    OTOH, (my guess), there's no telling what would be usable in the tribunals.
    
    Jimmy
    



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