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Americans support email monitoring, study finds
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A survey released Monday finds Americans
are worried about criminal activity on the Internet and willing
to let law enforcement agencies intercept suspects' email despite
misgivings about privacy protections.
The survey by the Pew Internet & American Life Project found 73
percent of those surveyed were worried about criminals using the
Internet to plan and carry out crimes, with 43 percent very
concerned.
Child pornography topped the list of online criminal activity
that most worried Americans, followed by credit card theft,
terrorism, wide-scale fraud, hackers accessing government and
business sites, and computer viruses.
Over half of the respondents, 54 percent, approved of the FBI or
other law enforcement agencies intercepting email over the
Internet sent to and from people suspected of criminal
activities.
The FBI's e-mail wiretap system, formerly dubbed "Carnivore," has
been criticized by privacy and civil-rights advocates, who say it
violates protections against unreasonable search and seizure.
Americans familiar with Carnivore were divided on its merits,
with 45 percent supporting the system and 45 percent saying the
potential for abuse outweighed any crime-fighting benefits.
Sixty-two percent said new privacy laws were needed to protect
online communications against unwarranted surveillance, while 14
percent said existing laws covering telephone conversations were
adequate.
The survey of 2,096 adults was conducted between February 1 and
March 1, and has a margin of error of 2 percentage points.
17:54 04-02-01
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