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Facebook Paid for a Tails Zero-Day Exploit to Help the FBI Catch a Predator

posted by Fnord666 on Sunday June 14 2020, @11:22PM   Printer-friendly
from the Zero-day-for-sale-sold! dept.

Halibut writes:

Motherboard reports that Facebook hired a cybersecurity firm to develop a zero-day exploit for the video player in Tails (The Amnesic Incognito Live System). Facebook provided this exploit to the FBI to aid in the apprehension of a predator using Facebook to harass victims. This exploit was not disclosed to the Tails developers.

Also covered by Gizmodo, as seen on Schneier's blog.

[Ed Note - The zero day was provided to the FBI via a third party, not directly from Facebook.]

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  • (Score: 4, Interesting) by Snotnose on Monday June 15 2020, @12:51AM (2 children)

    by Snotnose (1623) on Monday June 15 2020, @12:51AM (#1007964)

    Let the Fibbies buy their own exploits. Why would the Book of Faces do it?

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  • (Score: 2, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 15 2020, @12:57AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 15 2020, @12:57AM (#1007965)

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In-Q-Tel [wikipedia.org]

  • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Monday June 15 2020, @02:17AM

    by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Monday June 15 2020, @02:17AM (#1007977) Journal

    Why would the Book of Faces do it?

    Tax evasi... deduction purposes.

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