digital8
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 Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2005 7:05 pm Post subject: FBI retires its Carnivore |
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According to two Congressional reports obtained by the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) did not use its DCS-1000 "Carnivore" internet surveillance system at all in 2002 and 2003, and instead relied on commercially available tools. Carnivore became public knowledge in 2000 after an internet service provider sued the FBI for using the system to obtain e-mail headers without a wiretap warrant. Congress legalized the practice in Section 216 of the Patriot Act, allowing the FBI to collect information on the routing of communications, but not the content. The reports listed thirteen cases in which the FBI used commercial technology for internet surveillance, ranging from such crimes as mail fraud to providing material support to terrorists. However, the reports do not include cases involving espionage and foreign terrorism or in which ISPs provided the necessary equipment.
http://www.securityfocus.com/news/10307 |
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