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Comment Move along, nothing to see here. (Score 2, Interesting) 188

There are dozens of commercial keyloggers and remote admin type apps out there. "Firewalls do not present a problem" to any of these, nor most of the other tools. I'm assuming here that they mean incoming firewalls, not restrictive bidirectional firewalls which block unknown outbound connections. The fact that this makes use of webcams and microphones is nothing new, Back Orifice did this a decade or so ago. None of the antispyware or antivirus vendors mark the commercial tools as malicious, because they assume (wrongly) that whoever put the tool there had a right to do so. I guess the only thing that is new here is that the company is distributing only to law enforcement. That might not even be new, since I'm sure the espionage community has some exclusively licensed tools at its disposal. If you want to get paranoid about something, be worried that your credit card info is in the hands of somebody in former Soviet countries or that some ransomware has taken over your PC. Trust me, the Swiss are not your biggest problem out there.

Microsoft Responds To 360 Hackers 170

Microsoft would like to remind you that hacking your console most definitely voids your warranty. From the Eurogamer article: "Modified consoles, Microsoft added, 'will not be eligible for technical support, and the user's warranty will be voided ... the protection of intellectual property rights is a high priority for Microsoft and our partners, one that significantly and positively impacts economic growth, technological innovation, and most importantly, the confidence of customers who count on the integrity and quality of their products.'"

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