Bogus Firefox is spyware ...

FYI...

Spyware used by governments poses as Firefox...
Mozilla sends cease and desist letter to maker of FinFisher software.
- http://arstechnica.com/information-t...illa-is-angry/
May 1, 2013 - "Mozilla has sent a cease-and-desist letter to a company that sells spyware allegedly disguised as the Firefox browser to governments. The action follows a report by Citizen Lab, which identifies 36 countries (including the US) hosting command and control servers for FinFisher, a type of surveillance software. Also known as FinSpy, the software is sold by UK-based Gamma International to governments, which use it in criminal investigations and allegedly for spying on dissidents. Mozilla revealed yesterday in its blog* that it has sent the cease and desist letter to Gamma "demanding that these illegal practices stop immediately." Gamma's software is "designed to trick people into thinking it's Mozilla Firefox," Mozilla noted... The spyware doesn't infect Firefox itself, so a victim's browser isn't at risk. But the spyware "uses our brand and trademarks to lie and mislead as one of its methods for avoiding detection and deletion" and is "used by Gamma’s customers to violate citizens’ human rights and online privacy," Mozilla said..."
(More detail at the arstechnica URL above.)
* https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2013/0...ware-provider/

Also see:
- https://citizenlab.org/2013/04/for-their-eyes-only-2/

- https://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/31/t...issidents.html

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