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by CSO Contributor

Carnivore

News
Mar 19, 20031 min
CSO and CISOData and Information Security

A controversial e-mail surveillance tool being developed by the FBI. When installed at an ISP, it monitors the communication that passes through the servers. Theoretically, it will pick out only information that falls under the strict bounds of a court orderthe “meat” of the databut critics fear that the tool will be misused or that the technology will not work correctly. Because the name “Carnivore” was unpopular, the FBI recently renamed the tool DCS1000.