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Re:IE9 pwn2owned with 0-day with exploit working back from I... by joering2 on Friday March 09, 2012 @02:06PM (#3685464)
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I am trying to imagine a situation where _lawfuly_ government agencies need to break into someones IE. Any ideas?

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Re:IE9 pwn2owned with 0-day with exploit working back from I... by iy56 on Friday March 09, 2012 @04:39PM (#3686079)
Collecting information pursuant to a legitimate search warrant?
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Re:IE9 pwn2owned with 0-day with exploit working back from I... by joering2 on Friday March 09, 2012 @06:35PM (#3686470)
hmmm.. I think law enforcement agencies need to stay in accordance with the law even with their "discovery". Breaking into someone's IE or exploiting vulnerabilities in order to get information otherwise you wouldn't be able to get falls under breaking into someones "property", I think, even if its "just" an Internet browser.

Therefore, you "legitimate" search warrant will be thrown out of window by a judge, and classified as the Fruit of the poisonous tree.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fruit_of_the_poisonous_tree

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