computer "security" firms collude with government

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http://www.politechbot.com/2007/07/1...ecurity-firms/

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2. Is it your policy to alert the user to the presence of any spyware or
keystroke logger, even if it is installed by a police or intelligence
agency in the absence of a lawful court order signed by a judge?

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The short answer is that we received "No" answers from all 13 companies
to the second question.

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Anyone care to speculate why such a policy has been uniformily adopted?