stony,
We probably all followed the discussion in Germany about the
"Bundestrojaner" and how it failed.
And of course, a trojan spying on citizens is a major impact in
privacy, which is not acceptable.
yes, sounds again like a aprils joke.
However I don't think, that it's possible to create such a trojan and
use it, because of the following facts:
- It's not very easy to put a trojan in a system of a prudent user,
who updates regularly and doesn't open every mail or document received.
hmm.. there are MANY customers, which are virus infected. I see in our
network (including ex-Bluewin) a large number of potential customers
which will gladly accept to install this trojan (even if they don't notice).
- Virusscanners will soon know the trojan
- The swiss government doesn't have enough power to force antivirus
software creators to ignore the trojan.
hmm... if you can force them to ignore the trojan, will a real
trojan/malware writer be able to use this signature/architecture to
circumvent any protection?
- Not all criminals use Windows ;-)
fortunately. but windows rate is still high.
Still I'm happy, that we SwiNOGers are not the only ones worrying
and/or fighting this project. Even if this project doesn't work, it
will burn lots of money while trying to do so.
yes, our money... ,-(
that leads me to the questions: now the trojan is installed, WHO the
hell analyzes everything? this is going to be a huge amount of data
which needs to be stored (where? will it be secure and protected?),
analyzed (who will do this?) and brought into court (which judge will
understand??).
i assume: this project will fail.
too risky, to bad for the politicians reputation, causes too much
troubled waters.
it will cost too much money, and resources are not available.
in my opition this is just kind of marketing blurp from the politicians.
dont forget: elections are close...
-steven
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