Eavesdropping "Jealous Lover" Program Creator Is Indicted
An AP newswire article, via Yahoo! News, reports that:
The creator and several buyers of a computer program designed to allow jealous lovers to snoop on their sweethearts' online activities have been indicted for allegedly violating federal computer privacy laws.
Carlos Enrique Perez-Melara, 25, was indicted Friday on 35 counts of manufacturing, sending and advertising a surreptitious interception device and unauthorized access to protected computers.
The Loverspy program, disguised as an electronic greeting card showing images of puppies and flowers, was sent as an e-mail. When it was executed, it would begin recording victims' e-mail messages and the Web sites they visited, prosecutors said. The information would be transmitted to computers operated by Perez-Melara and relayed to customers, authorities said.
"It was marketed as a way to catch a cheating lover," said Assistant U.S. Attorney Mitch Dembin.
posted by Fergie @ 8/27/2005 08:20:00 AM
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