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FBI surveillance malware in bomb threat case tests constitional limits
http://arstechnica.com/security/…
"The order gave the FBI two weeks to attempt to activate surveillance software sent to the e-mail address. All investigators needed, it seemed, was for Mo to sign onto his account and, almost instantaneously, the software would start reporting information back to Quantico."
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"The warrant authorizes an "Internet web link" that would download the surveillance software to Mo’s computer when he signed onto his Yahoo account. (Yahoo, when questioned by the Post, issued a statement saying it had no knowledge of the case and did not assist in any way.)"