[LINK] police hacks not sure thing

[Jan Whitaker]

>Security vendors to block police hacks
>http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/security/soa/Security-vendors-to-block-police-hacks/0,130061744,339295373,00.htm?ocid=nl_TNB_12032009_fea_l1 
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Security vendors to block police hacks

<http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/security/email.htm?TYPE=editor&AT=339295373-130061744t-110000005c>Liam 
Tung, ZDNet.com.au

11 March 2009 11:38 AM

Major security vendors Symantec, Sophos and Kaspersky yesterday said 
their products would block legalised hacking attempts by NSW Police 
under new legislation as they would any other security threat to users.

The NSW Government has 
<http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/security/soa/NSW-Police-to-get-hacking-powers/0,130061744,339295354,00.htm>proposed 
an amendment to the Law Enforcement (Powers and Responsibilities) Act 
2002 which would, with a Supreme Court judge's permission, give 
police the authority to remotely access a suspect's computer for 
seven days at a time. Police would not be required to inform suspects 
for up to three years.

The full text of the amendment 
<http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/parlment/nswbills.nsf/0/DCD79FCA7419BC52CA25756E0020AA20>can 
be found online.

"Symantec's commitment, first and foremost, is to securing its 
customers' information and as such, Symantec software will block all 
attempts to compromise its customers' information, regardless of 
where the threats are coming from," a Symantec spokesperson said in a 
statement.
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