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[FYI] FBI steps up Net surveillance, following terror attack
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Axel H Horns)
Thu Sep 13 02:46:13 2001
From: "Axel H Horns" <horns@ipjur.com>
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Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2001 16:47:53 +0200
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FBI steps up Net surveillance, following terror attack
By Kieren McCarthy
Posted: 12/09/2001 at 12:17 GMT
The FBI has been accused of using yesterday's disaster as a way to
install more of its Carnivore listening boxes into Internet systems.
FBI agents have reportedly turned up at several Internet and network
service providers with a number of boxes in tow and requesting
permission to install them at the heart of people's networks. Many
have said yes.
One sysadmin, insisting on anonymity, told Wired.com that agents had
turned up at his work "with a couple of Carnivores, requesting
permission to place them in our core, along with offers to actually
pay for circuits and costs". Other sources say the FBI agents have
said the boxes will only be there for the next few days.
Even though the terrorist attacks are fresh in people's minds, some
observers have already raised concerns that the failure of the
intelligence agencies to uncover the plots will lead them to ask for
increased surveillance powers. Suggestions that the terrorists
communicated through encrypted information sent over the Internet
have already started emerging. ®
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