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Old 10th Jul 07, 05:04 PM
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Feds use key logger to thwart PGP, Hushmail
*Source: News.com (http://news.com.com/8301-10784_3-9741357-7.html)*
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A recent court case provides a rare glimpse into how federal agents deal with encryption: by breaking into a suspect's home or office, implanting keystroke logging software, and spying on what happens from afar.

An agent with the Drug Enforcement Administration persuaded a federal judge to authorize him to sneak into an Escondido, Calif., office believed to be a front for manufacturing the drug MDMA, or Ecstasy. The DEA received permission to copy the hard drives' contents and inject a keystroke logger into the computers.

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