Comments on: Cops Play Computer Security Experts With New Toy From Fluke https://techcitement.com/hardware/cops-play-computer-security-experts-with-new-toy-from-fluke/ get excited Thu, 02 Feb 2012 01:47:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 By: Anon https://techcitement.com/hardware/cops-play-computer-security-experts-with-new-toy-from-fluke/#comment-1326 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 01:47:00 +0000 http://techcitement.com/?p=3365#comment-1326 The easiest alternative, for all you nay-sayers… Police skip doing any WiFi check and just serve the search warrant. I wonder why people are all upset that the police are trying to use commercial tools to improve the results of their work and maybe save a few children at the same time.

– From a guy that’s served a FEW warrants and understands technology.

]]> By: John https://techcitement.com/hardware/cops-play-computer-security-experts-with-new-toy-from-fluke/#comment-467 Thu, 18 Aug 2011 15:41:08 +0000 http://techcitement.com/?p=3365#comment-467 Or they could just teach them how to use an automated wireless security assessment tool like Silica. http://www.immunityinc.com/products-silica.shtml Which seems very impressive to me based on a couple of video demos I’ve seen on YouTube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpcrjkR-OrY&feature=sh_e_top&list=SL

]]> By: Carla https://techcitement.com/hardware/cops-play-computer-security-experts-with-new-toy-from-fluke/#comment-460 Wed, 17 Aug 2011 20:41:04 +0000 http://techcitement.com/?p=3365#comment-460 Uh… This line to me doesn’t make any sense!
“The thought that justifies this entry into houses by police is the chance a non-resident is borrowing the connection, nearby, to download child porn or do other illegal activities.”

The word justify shouldn’t be followed by…. CHANCE. This seems to be bordering on Guilty until Proven Innocent. I believe our motto is Innocent until Proven Guilty. I abhor children pornography. But here’s the condition, cops aren’t trained on real network monitoring. A tool is like the idea of script kiddies. You think you are all “skilled” and suddenly you find out you didn’t know what you were doing. What if the network is unsecure or WEP and a hacker for fun infiltrates your system and injects child porn on it? Then it’s on YOU. A real hacker isn’t going to be simple about things. IE TOR. It is a way to be anonymous. What about DNS poisoning? ARP poisoning? How does that look on this tool? Am I missing something?

]]> By: Phil https://techcitement.com/hardware/cops-play-computer-security-experts-with-new-toy-from-fluke/#comment-443 Tue, 16 Aug 2011 21:31:00 +0000 http://techcitement.com/?p=3365#comment-443 My thoughts?
Besides the obvious (as you pointed out, we can do the job cheaper and more efficiently, based on the description of the canary):

Maybe they should mandate electronic locks next, that the police could override and open at anytime…, in case someone had broken in and was about to steal our stereo systems, if they saw a high volume of electronic boxes outside earlier in the week.

Better yet, let’s go down the other path:
GEEK COPS!
http://www.geek.com/articl​es/news/catch-me-if-you-ca​n-fugitive-taunts-cops-on-​facebook-they-in-turn-catc​h-him-20110729/

They’re already out there!

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