IP: Russians want to monitor every email message, web page viewed

[Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>]

Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1998 18:01:59 -0700
To: farber () cis upenn edu
From: Wayne <wayne () cp net>


Hi Dave,


For the IP list:


        http://www.mercurycenter.com/breaking/headline2/065854.htm


        SORM -- the acronym for "system for ensuring investigative
activity" -- would force all providers of Internet services to install a
snooping device in their main computers and build a dedicated information
superhighway connecting it with the security agency FSB, formerly the KGB.
        The Russian secret police would be able to monitor, in real time,
every e-mail message and Web page sent or received by Russians...





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