[citw150] Re: Lesson 3_Question 6

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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