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Are our operating systems so vulnerable? Even if we're talking about governments, how is it still possible for someone to 'break' into my computer without me do
by mihaifm 11y ago
Are our operating systems so vulnerable? Even if we're talking about governments, how is it still possible for someone to 'break' into my computer without me doing anything stupid. How do they plan to install Trojans into my computer?
- detaro 11y agoIf it is deployed similar to other observation tools, the "großer Lauschangriff" (= big eavesdropping attack) allows for physical entry and deployment of surveillance equipment. I suspect that until there is a clear precedent saying otherwise they'll use that to deploy software on target computers.
- pluma 11y agoIIRC the predecessor was injected as malware into MITM'ed software downloads. So if the police wants to deploy it against a suspect they first get access to their network traffic and then work from there. It was intended as an alternative to breaking and entering to deploy surveillance equipment or gain physical access to hardware. Of course this approach has several obvious limitations (e.g. encryption) but there may be other approaches in use. That's just what I remember from when the original trojan was reported on a few years back.
- wooter 11y agoin the US at least, Snowden revealed they were even intercepting newly purchased hardware while in-transit and introducing corrupt hardware.