Re: FBI's Secret Spyware Tracks Down Teen Who Made Bomb Threats

["Robert Wesley McGrew" <wesley () mcgrewsecurity com>]

On 7/18/07, Paul Ferguson <fergdawg () netzero net> wrote:
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> Via Wired News.
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> [snip]
> In an affidavit seeking a search warrant to use the software, filed last
> month in U.S. District Court in the Western District of Washington, FBI
> agent Norman Sanders describes the software as a "computer and internet
> protocol address verifier," or CIPAV.
> [snip]

The cnet article links to the affidavit and warrant, for those interested:

http://news.com.com/8301-10784_3-9746451-7.html
http://www.politechbot.com/docs/fbi.cipav.sanders.affidavit.071607.pdf
http://www.politechbot.com/docs/fbi.cipav.sanders.search.warrant.071607.pdf

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