UK Police, Hack Without Warrant
January 4, 2009This is interesting:
Police set to step up hacking of home PCs - Times Online
Under the Brussels edict, police across the EU have been given the green light to expand the implementation of a rarely used power involving warrantless intrusive surveillance of private property. The strategy will allow French, German and other EU forces to ask British officers to hack into someone’s UK computer and pass over any material gleaned.
The article mentions keylogging, spyware/malware, and parking nearby a wireless network. Sounds like “cybersecurity” is a new frontier, or at least a new way to spend money.
The possibility that the Obama administration may devote more resources to securing the nation’s networks is attracting traditional defense contractors such as Lockheed and Raytheon Co. to compete with established providers like McAfee Inc. and Symantec Corp.