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To: MSI who wrote (12849)	12/5/2001 12:28:29 PM
From: Dennis O'Bell	Read Replies (1) of 281500

Re: "Magic Lantern" and similar ideas... This kind of stuff is really pretty silly, and shows that the people proposing the ideas don't have much of a clue about technology. Everyone knows that hackers will defeat any such software, and the fact that at least one virus scanner provider said they'd put in a back door to allow the Magic Lantern stuff to install unnoticed made me think I was hallucinating. How soon before a virus that exploits this backdoor spreads throughout the net? It's just plain stupid use of technology when what the government needs to deal with terrorism is honest detective work, the same as it's always been. As always, "The price of freedom is eternal vigilance".

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