From Msnbc article,this is a description.
Carnivore is a software program that lives on a Windows-compatible computer. The program was developed, in part, with off-the-shelf commercial software and proprietary code written by the FBI. Once installed on a computer, it can "sniff" or "filter" all e-mail on a particular network, via a network card. It stores evidence, captured according to criteria set by the FBI, to a removable disk.
Does that mean Carnivore is going to be a hidden file in my computer sent there to potentially entrap me at the whim of a zelous Federal juducial body?
The article I took this from is about the Feds wanting to know change the name(Presumably because of the bad press) I can't see how changing the name will make the intrusion into ones private life any more palitable.
Plus, The judical branch wants an independant review,but will not let the "independant reviewers " publish there findings! WTF? <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-disgusted.gif"border=0>
MSNBC Story
Carnivore is a software program that lives on a Windows-compatible computer. The program was developed, in part, with off-the-shelf commercial software and proprietary code written by the FBI. Once installed on a computer, it can "sniff" or "filter" all e-mail on a particular network, via a network card. It stores evidence, captured according to criteria set by the FBI, to a removable disk.
Does that mean Carnivore is going to be a hidden file in my computer sent there to potentially entrap me at the whim of a zelous Federal juducial body?
The article I took this from is about the Feds wanting to know change the name(Presumably because of the bad press) I can't see how changing the name will make the intrusion into ones private life any more palitable.
Plus, The judical branch wants an independant review,but will not let the "independant reviewers " publish there findings! WTF? <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-disgusted.gif"border=0>
MSNBC Story
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