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by rhizome 5531 days ago
They do, but the chit-chat until now has been about low-level hooks exploited for direct investigation, but from the article it appears to use stuff like browser extensions that cause the computer to report. We and the article are all assuming what might be going on, but from the sounds of it even the procedure here doesn't appear to be foolproof, say if a person has their software all up to date or uses lynx or something. One thing that seems for sure is that sniffing at the switch hasn't been enough for them, perhaps because of existing warrant limitations. It also appears that law enforcement is going to continue pushing for more and more abilities under the law than what they ever have at present.