CIPAV: Big Brother Is Watching Via Spyware
April 15th, 2008 | by Hidden_monkey |If you’re one of those general public that is paranoid about who has access to your personal data, you may already know about CIPAV (The Computer and Internet Protocol Address Verifier). It’s a kind of spyware that was made by the FBI. It captures sensitive facts such as a user’s IP address, operating system, MAC address, running services, open ports, visited URL, bookmarks, and more.
You may wonder how the FBI could get away with developing and deploying such a program. It was ruled that the information gathered by CIPAV is “the legal equivalent of dialed phone numbers”, and therefore the government can obtain this information without needing to show probable cause or obtain a wiretap warrant. Shocking, isn’t it?
While most of us may not have a whole lot to hide from the FBI, we all deserve privacy. This topic will show how to “seek and destroy” CIPAV and other programs like this. If the FBI can develop and deploy crap like this without us knowing, we should be able to protect ourselves from it.
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