Far better to grab the keys and passwords that to force decrypt packets, heh heh.
>From what I'd heard a lot of ISP's had baulked at installing Carnivore until 9/11 after which time, I could have sworn I read somewhere, that legislation was pushed through mandating the installation? -----Original Message----- From: Howie Hamlin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2001 10:46 To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Two points and then back to work >From what I've heard - the software already exists. And, get this, it's like a virus. It basically infects your computer so that the FBI can begin monitorig your activity without physically touching your computer! Howie ----- Original Message ----- From: "C. Hatton Humphrey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2001 10:36 AM Subject: Two points and then back to work > First off, I wanted to say that I find it rather interesting. We're > all debating the politics of the attacks, agreements with Canada (of > which a search on CNN returns absolutely 0 results aside from a report > on the 24th of Sept. saying that no changes to Canada's immigration > policies would happen), and so forth, but no one has brought up > Carnivore. To start another baseless debate, I heard rumor that > shortly after all this started the FBI or Justice Department had > started trying to work it into some major ISP's and campus networks. > > Then a story emerged today on Yahoo news: > http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/zd/20011205/tc/warning_we_know_what_you_r > e_typi > ng_and_so_does_the_fbi__1.html (watch for the wrap on the URL) The FBI is > talking about building an invisible keystroke logger with the intent of > targeting computers that might be used by terrorists. > > .. now *that* scares me. Someone please call Mr. Orwell and tell him > to put Big Brother back in the cage please. > > Hatton > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
