What It's Like When the FBI Asks You to Backdoor Your Software
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What It's Like When the FBI Asks You to Backdoor Your Software
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#2Or possibly that agent wasn't really an FBI agent but rather was somebody who wanted to test them.
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#3"What it's like when the FBI asks you to backdoor your software" : You say 'No' in the most emphatic terms while giving him a dressing down like a boss, apparently.
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#4Or possibly that agent wasn't really an FBI agent but rather was somebody who wanted to test them.
Bit of a risk, considering that impersonating a federal employee is a felony.
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#5What a missed opportunity. The proper response would have been to "take it under contemplation", get his name & ID, and get as much documentation of the request as possible (enough to verify, does this guy actually work for the FBI, or is it some random "jokester" of the kind that hangs out at security conferences).
As it stands, it's basically one level up from an urban myth. Some guy asked her to do something shady at a security conference, and it's easy for the FBI to claim they don't know anything about it.
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#7"What it's like when the FBI asks you to backdoor your software" : You say 'No' in the most emphatic terms while giving him a dressing down like a boss, apparently.
My guess is that shortly thereafter her tax and investment records were getting a good going over by the DOJ and IRS.
http://www.businessinsider.com/the-story-of-joseph-nacchio-a...
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#8Sounds like a publicity stunt or a hoax.
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#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
Bit of a risk, considering that impersonating a federal employee is a felony.
So is unauthorized access to a protected computer, yet a lot of that goes on at security conferences too.
I guess, according to your logic, anything goes then at these conferences?
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#10Sounds like a publicity stunt or a hoax.
It doesn't sound like that to anyone who has worked in security. This is their routine MO.