Re: [mpir-devel] Alleged Government spy software

2014-02-19 Thread Bill Hart
That same page shows that FinFisher spyware is known to be used in the UK, US, Australia, Canada, Bill. On 19 February 2014 22:11, Gisle Vanem wrote: > "Bill Hart" wrote: > > My understanding is that this spy equipment is installed by a Government >> at >> the ISP. >> > > An UK-based com

Re: [mpir-devel] Alleged Government spy software

2014-02-19 Thread Gisle Vanem
"Bill Hart" wrote: My understanding is that this spy equipment is installed by a Government at the ISP. An UK-based company called Gamma international makes this FinFisher spyware (that uses an old version of GMP). Paid for by the governments (i.e. intelligence services) of Bahrain, UAE, Ma

Re: [mpir-devel] Alleged Government spy software

2014-02-19 Thread Bill Hart
lication from > another site. > > > > *From:* mpir-devel@googlegroups.com [mailto:mpir-devel@googlegroups.com] *On > Behalf Of *Bill Hart > *Sent:* Wednesday, February 19, 2014 1:03 PM > *To:* mpir-devel > *Subject:* [mpir-devel] Alleged Government spy software > &

RE: [mpir-devel] Alleged Government spy software

2014-02-19 Thread Trent Creekmore
They have only themselves to blame if they download the application from another site. From: mpir-devel@googlegroups.com [mailto:mpir-devel@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Bill Hart Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2014 1:03 PM To: mpir-devel Subject: [mpir-devel] Alleged Government spy software

Re: [mpir-devel] Alleged Government spy software

2014-02-19 Thread Bill Hart
I'm sure you are joking, but just to clarify for people not in on the joke: 1) It's fair use. 2) It's not a legally significant quantity of code. Bill. On 19 February 2014 20:15, Gilbert Bernstein wrote: > That's good. Otherwise people might have qualms about linking to it. > > > On Feb 19,

Re: [mpir-devel] Alleged Government spy software

2014-02-19 Thread Gilbert Bernstein
That's good. Otherwise people might have qualms about linking to it. > On Feb 19, 2014, at 11:12 AM, Bill Hart wrote: > > Current GMP is not GPL'd it is LGPL'd. > > >> On 19 February 2014 20:10, Gilbert Bernstein wrote: >> Does that mean the Boing Boing article is GPLed now? =) >> >>> On Fe

Re: [mpir-devel] Alleged Government spy software

2014-02-19 Thread Bill Hart
Current GMP is not GPL'd it is LGPL'd. On 19 February 2014 20:10, Gilbert Bernstein wrote: > Does that mean the Boing Boing article is GPLed now? =) > > On Feb 19, 2014, at 11:03 AM, Bill Hart > wrote: > > The image below was on boingboing today as part of an article about > alleged Government

Re: [mpir-devel] Alleged Government spy software

2014-02-19 Thread Gilbert Bernstein
Does that mean the Boing Boing article is GPLed now? =) > On Feb 19, 2014, at 11:03 AM, Bill Hart wrote: > > The image below was on boingboing today as part of an article about alleged > Government spy software. > > Read all the text very carefully! > > I can scarcely believe what I see: > >

[mpir-devel] Alleged Government spy software

2014-02-19 Thread Bill Hart
The image below was on boingboing today as part of an article about alleged Government spy software. Read all the text very carefully! I can scarcely believe what I see: http://media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/finspy-citizenlab-540x3041.jpg I hope someone has pointed the image ou