NSA uses Windows crash reporting system for “passive” spying

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According new revelations, the NSA is able to intercept crash reports from certain Windows-based machines in order to better understand how to exploit a computer with spyware. The NSA tactic reportedly uses the agency’s high-tech spying tools to access a machine being used by someone targeted in an NSA investigation. The tools allow NSA agents to receive notifications when the target’s computer crashes.

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Agents with the U.S. National Security Agency are able to intercept crash reports from specific Microsoft Windows-based machines to better understand how to exploit a computer with spyware, according to the latest revelations about the U.S. government’s electronic surveillance program, published this weekend by Der Spiegel newsmagazine.

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