The American digital civil rights movement EFF has alarm beaten on a program called ComputerCOP that government hand out to families so that they can protect their children online but really just spyware would be.
ComputerCOP allows the computer downloaded images and search videos. In addition, it also searches for documents containing certain key words related to drugs, sex, gangs and hate groups. The software also features a keylogger that if the user does not pay attention, save for all users on the computer keystrokes.
On Windows, all keystrokes collected stored unencrypted in files. On the Mac, it’s up encrypted, but to decrypt the files. Using the default password of the software ComputerCOP can also be set to give parents an e-mail message when certain keywords are typed. The software sends the keystrokes collected unencrypted to a server, from which then the e-mail is sent.
According to the EFF, the software can not distinguish between users, and can ComputerCOP therefore also be used for other users spying. The lack of encryption is the civil rights movement not tasty. Another point that the EFF discovered that the creators of the software claim that ComputerCOP by the Department of Finance is authorized, not turns out to be. The same applies to so-called approval of the American Civil Liberties Union, which has never been issued.
Still, police search and purchase the software and distribute. The makers of the software deny ComputerCOP exposes users to risks. In addition, the User will be modified to indicate that ComputerCOP any personal information collected and stored.
“This is unacceptable and quite illogical answers from a company that claims to be. The leader in child safety software, even if the company not store any data, as it claims, the information is still stored along a commercial server as the target keywords typed “by the keylogger says Dave Maass of the EFF. The organization now has an explanation how ComputerCOP can be put online.
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