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re: The CIA created a "Snowden Stopper" to catch future whistleblowers
Posted on 4/30/17 at 2:44 pm to goldennugget
Posted on 4/30/17 at 2:44 pm to goldennugget
quote:I for one always stay connected to the Internet when opening files leaked from an intelligence agency. It's just common sense!
The latest Wikileaks release of leaked CIA cyberweapons includes "Scribbles" -- referred to by the CIA as the "Snowden Stopper" -- a watermarking tool that embeds web-beacon style tracking beacons into secret documents that quietly notify a central server every time the document is opened.
The beacons are references to image files hosted on a server the CIA controls. Rendering this image requires that the user's computer contact the CIA server to fetch a copy, giving the CIA insight into who is opening the document and when and where it is opened.
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