Who's Afraid of Carnivore? Not Me!

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Forwarded By: Richard Forno <rforno () infowarrior org>

http://www.infowarrior.org/articles/carnivore.html

Recently, the FBI has become embroiled into the controversy
surrounding its latest attempt to bring law enforcement into the
Information Age. The "Carnivore'" project is the Bureau's attempt to
collect information on electronic suspects and computer criminals in
the dark reaches of cyberspace.....their version of a combination TRAP
AND TRACE and PEN REGISTER carried over from the 'old fashion' days of
POTS, or Plain Old Telephone Service. The ACLU, EFF, EPIC,
Congressional committees, and even segments of the American
technocracy are up-at-arms over this questionable law enforcement
device, and even more dubious of the goofy explanations provided by
FBI front-men as to how it is employed. From where I sit, it looks
like the FBI wants to get into the "Enemy of the State" spook-tech
game like everyone thinks NSA participates in.

This article will discuss some differences between Carnivore's access
to electronic information and the methods (and limitations) of
traditional law enforcement access to "old school" communications
systems. Then, we're going to discuss how easy it is to circumvent the
Carnivore system and still keep our communications secret from all
prying eyes....no matter how sophisticated the FBI thinks Carnivore
is.

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