[citw150] Re: Lesson 3_Question 6
- From: "Jeff Grabiec" <jgrabiec@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: citw150@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2005 00:47:24 -0500
I think that carnivore is a great idea personally. there are a lot of
things out there that can be stopped just by doing some simple monitoring.
But also it does feel like we are getting less and less privacy over the
internet.
-Jeffrey Grabiec
The Best things in life are always the simplest. Don't take them for
granted.
>From: SxyAbrcmby@xxxxxxx
>Reply-To: citw150@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>To: citw150@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [citw150] Lesson 3_Question 6
>Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2005 12:55:50 EST
>
>Carnivore is a computerized sniffer used by the FBI, to monitor e-mail
>traffic, chat rooms, instant messages and file transfers. It scans the
>subject
>lines and headers of millions of e-mails per second. The system also
>identifies relevant communications among selected individuals as part of a
>criminal
>investigation. The listening process is passive, because it doesn't alter
>any
>data, and doesn't prevent any messages from continuing on to their
>intended
>destination. Many privacy advocates are concerned about the use of
>Carnivore.
> Since 9/11 and the pass of the USA Patriot Act, however, federal
>authority
>has broadened the use of Carnivore for Internet surveillance.
>
>You can find more information about Carnivore at the following web site:
>_http://compnetworking.about.com/od/networksecurityprivacy/l/aa071900a.htm_
>(http://compnetworking.about.com/od/networksecurityprivacy/l/aa071900a.htm)
>
>-Jenny Fitch
>
>"When photographing in color you show the color of their clothes, when
>photographing in black and white you show the color of their soul."
>SxyAbrcmby@xxxxxxx (Jennifer Fitch)
>
>
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