电脑为你打开一扇窗口

当年，上网的那个盒子（或者该叫做解码器什么的）上是有开关的。后来，那个开关失效了。我还认为是出了故障。打电话到网络公司，询问为什么开关无效了。他们回答是我们把它取消了。我奇怪：这是为什么？他们不吭声。我更感觉奇怪了。

现在的盒子上就没有了那个开关。

下面的报道就让你猜测，它为什么没有开关大概是和某种东西相联系的。

据报道说，现在的间谍软件可以自动把你电脑上的摄像头打开，麦克风打开。你在键盘上录入的所有东西都是它记录的目标。如果你有开关，随时关闭它，那么，间谍软件工作起来就不太方便了。你把cable拔了不行吗？当然可以，但那是太麻烦，许多人就免了。

有报道说：

FinSpy, named after a line of code in its software, is a surveillance tool that infects computers to capture screenshots, log keystrokes, record Skype conversations and activate cameras and microphones. Gamma Group, a British company, makes the software and markets it to law enforcement agencies as a lawful way to monitor criminals.

想为外国服务的第几纵队的人，日子可能不太好过了。想跑掉，不太容易啦！对于潜在的恐怖分子进行监视，这是完全必要的，也是符合人类的良知。

见下面的报道，哪些国家境内的服务器安装了该类软件，这已经被确定了。美国、加拿大、澳洲、英国和日本都在其中。其他的不罗列了。目前没有确定拥有该服务器的国家，不意味着那个政府不用它。当然，一个国家境内的服务器安装了该软件和这个国家的政府在用它，毕竟不是一个概念，但二者经常有某种联系。

Surveillance software FinSpy discovered in 25 countries

By Jacob Kastrenakes

Intrusion and surveillance software FinSpy has been found to be in use in 25 countries, including many with dubious human rights records. Researchers from The Citizen Lab found command and control servers for FinSpy — also known as FinFisher — across the globe after beginning analysis on a suspicious email targeting Bahraini activists. The software can capture information such as passwords and audio from Skype calls, which it then sends back to a server.

The FinSpy software is made by Gamma Group International in Munich, Germany, but is sold through a subsidiary in the United Kingdom. The surveillance tool is marketed for law enforcement, but has been used to target opposition groups and activists, something that has drawn concern over the software's distribution to select governments. As the report notes, an unregulated market for selling surveillance software globally presents significant risks to cyber attack, as US Director of National Intelligence James Clapper discussed yesterday.

Gamma Group claims that what the researchers discovered is not part of its software line, but that one specific instance was in fact a stolen copy of an old version of the product. However, The Citizen Lab calls into question Gamma Group's claims because of strong links between strains of the software and known FinSpy servers.

The software presents significant risks for cyber attack

The servers identified by the organization were located in Australia, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Brunei, Canada, Czech Republic, Estonia, Ethiopia, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Latvia, Malaysia, Mexico, Mongolia, Netherlands, Qatar, Serbia, Singapore, Turkmenistan, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Vietnam. Though a server location doesn't explicitly mean that the corresponding country is using FinSpy, Gamma Group does only sell its product to governments.

FinSpy has been found to affect computers through fake software update prompts, and by hiding in what appears to be an image file that is relevant to the person being phished. With the sale of software like FinSpy largely unregulated, the possibility of its use as a spying tool for means outside of law enforcement is a continued risk.