IP: Internet Pioneer Defends FBI's Use of Carnivore, Journal Says

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

> From: GLIGOR1 () aol com
> Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2000 20:24:49 EDT
>
> Internet Pioneer Defends FBI's Use of Carnivore, Journal Says
>
>
> Washington, Sept. 7 (Bloombe
> rg) -- Vinton Cerf, widely regarded as the ``father of the Internet,''
> indicated that he believes the FBI uses its Carnivore surveillance system
> without violating Internet users' privacy, the Wall Street Journal reported
> on its Web site.
>
> Cerf, a senior vice president at WorldCom Inc., also told a Senate
> subcommittee that he opposes efforts to force the FBI to disclose the
> blueprints for Carnivore, the Journal said. Cerf co- invented parts of the
> Internet's underlying technology in 1973.
>
> The FBI can use the Carnivore software system to monitor Internet traffic and
> capture e-mail from a criminal suspect. Critics say Carnivore makes it easy
> to capture electronic communications from innocent people as well, the
> Journal said.
>
> (WSJ.com 9/7)
>
> Sep/07/2000  1:00 ET
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