The FBI's Secret Spyware

Originally Posted by JackyBoy

So the government essentially employ hackers to track down pirates and criminals on the internets. This is surprising to anyone, why? Freedom has become a concept you read about in a book. Has no one paid any attention to the loss of Habeas Corpus, the Patriot Act, the Military Commission Act and all the other shadowy Bills getting signed in by our esteemed dear leader?

To be honest, it would seem weird to me if governments didn't employ hackers. The best hackers are the best experts in computer security; I imagine hackers in the sense of 'hardcore computer fanatics' are much more skilled than someone who just finished Computer Pros College. A government, especially at this age, would be pretty helpless and vulnerable without people like that. Of course, it gives conspiracy nuts a lot of ammo, and valid privacy concerns arise as well, but that's quite inevitable.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Government bodies have authority that private individuals do not? Amerikkka!!!

There's nowhere I can't reach.