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Originally posted by Enigma Publius
this is common sense to me. And i believe you are being safely conservative. With the case usually being that whatever technology is publicly available, the government is 20 to 30 years ahead of us
Originally posted by LadyGreenEyes
reply to post by Doomsday 2029
One word (which will surely get me on some list) -Carnivore.
Carnivore is a system implemented by the Federal Bureau of Investigation that is analogous to wiretapping, except in this case, e-mail and other communications are being tapped instead of telephone conversations. Carnivore is a customizable packet sniffer that can monitor all of a target user's Internet traffic. It is a form of policeware. Carnivore was implemented during the Clinton administration with the approval of the Attorney General. U.S. government officials have neither confirmed nor denied much about the physical or logical workings of Carnivore, but there are some facts that are generally agreed upon.