The John Marshall Journal of Information Technology & Privacy Law Volume 20 Issue 2 Journal of Computer & Information Law Article 4 - Winter 2002 Winter 2002 The “Magic Lantern” Revealed: A Report of the FBI’s New “Key Logging” Trojan and Analysis of Its Possible Treatment in a Dynamic Legal Landscape, 20 J. Marshall J. Computer & Info. L. 287 (2002) Neal Hartzog Follow this and additional works at: https://repository.law.uic.edu/jitpl Part of the Computer Law Commons, Internet Law Commons, Privacy Law Commons, and the Science and Technology Law Commons Recommended Citation Neal Hartzog, The “Magic Lantern” Revealed: A Report of the FBI’s New “Key Logging” Trojan and Analysis of Its Possible Treatment in a Dynamic Legal Landscape, 20 J. Marshall J. Computer & Info. L. 287 (2002) https://repository.law.uic.edu/jitpl/vol20/iss2/4 This Comments is brought to you for free and open access by UIC Law Open Access Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in The John Marshall Journal of Information Technology & Privacy Law by an authorized administrator of UIC Law Open Access Repository. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. THE "MAGIC LANTERN" REVEALED: A REPORT OF THE FBI'S NEW "KEY LOGGING" TROJAN AND ANALYSIS OF ITS POSSIBLE TREATMENT IN A DYNAMIC LEGAL LANDSCAPE "You already have zero privacy anyway. Get over it."' Although this quip from Sun Microsystems CEO Scott McNealy seems extreme, it strongly illustrates the current tension between the power of technology and an individual's expectation of privacy.2 This tension creates an in- cessant struggle, because for power of surveillance technology to in- crease, privacy must decrease, and vice versa.