IP: Carnivore raises new concerns: Telecom Digest V2000 #131

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

> Carnivore raises new concerns
>
> New documents and the release of an independent panel's report raise
> suspicions about the FBI surveillance system.
>
> By Robert Lemos, ZDNet News
> November 17, 2000 4:21 PM PT
>
> Newly released documents and a report from a highly criticized review
> panel have privacy experts once again questioning the FBI's motives
> in developing its Carnivore Internet surveillance system.
>
> The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) has warned that new
> documents released by the FBI under the Freedom of Information Act
> (FOIA) showed Carnivore could monitor all Internet traffic --
> including e-mail, Web surfing, and file transfers -- something the
> FBI had previously denied.
>
> http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2655658,00.html
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