[citw150] Re: Lee Nickels CITW150 Lesson 3 Question 6
- From: Donna Satterlee <satterld@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: citw150@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2005 22:20:42 -0500 (EST)
All I have to say is "amen." :-)
Donna Satterlee
satterld@xxxxxxxxxxxx
"Kites rise highest against the wind - not with it" - Winston Churchill
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> Lesson 3 Question 6
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> The Carnivore program has exsited for as long as the internet
> has as one name or another. Carnivore is the third generation
> of online-detection software used by the FBI. While information
> about the first version has never been disclosed, many believe
> that it was actually a readily available commercial program
> called Etherpeek. In 1997, the FBI deployed the second
> generation program, called Omnivore.
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> These programs as needed as they might be against the war on
> terrorism, they have been protested against for decades. Why
> you may ask? For the simple reason that we don=92t want the
> government to have there noses in every aspect of our daily
> business. Unfortunately with the patriot act in effect your
> right to privacy is lost. A good book to read, that gives a
> fictional example of what a government might become with this
> capability is George Orwell's book 1984. Here is a link to a
> sight with a lot of info on the Carnivore program.
> http://www.howstuffworks.com/carnivore.htm=20
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> Thank you
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> Lee Jay Nickels=20
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> The best-laid schemes o' mice an 'men / Gang aft agley.
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