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Privacy Group Critical of Release of Carnivore Data

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The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) in Washington charged that the FBI's first release of documents on its Carnivore Internet surveillance system last week doesn't include enough information to evaluate the technology for possible privacy violations.. . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Oct 09, 2000

Maker of CueCat scanner battles maverick tech hobbyists

DigitalConvergence's lawyers have sent ``notification of infringement'' letters to several gadget-happy techies who aim to use the CueCat for things such as inventorying book or CD collections, tracking packages or simply making them usable on the Linux operating system. DigitalConvergence officials . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Oct 06, 2000

Carnivore FOIA Documents

These documents have been released through a lawsuit EPIC filed against the FBI and the Department of Justice. The next installment of Carnivore documents is scheduled to be released to EPIC in mid-November. More information on EPIC's lawsuit is available at<the . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Oct 05, 2000

Ties taint Carnivore review

So much for the hope that an independent review would settle privacy worries about the FBI's new system for snooping on e-mail. Two months after grudgingly agreeing to let outside authorities decide whether the Internet eavesdropping program named Carnivore endangers civil . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Oct 05, 2000

FBI releases first Carnivore data

The FBI released the first documents about its controversial Carnivore email surveillance software on Tuesday, but more than half of the 750 pages were blacked out and hundreds more were withheld. The Electronic Privacy Information Centre (EPIC) filed . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Oct 04, 2000

Do you know if your data is safe?

One of the fundamental questions that every organization is presented with on a day-to-day basis is, "Is my data safe?" It's a really good question because the consequences of not knowing can be detrimental to your company. I hate the term, . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Oct 04, 2000

Critics blast FBI's first release of Carnivore documents

The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC), which sued the FBI for the information through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), complained that the 565-page release contains little relevant information. According to a press release issued by the Washington-based group, nearly 200 pages were withheld in full and about 400 pages were redacted, many completely except for the page numbers. . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Oct 03, 2000

Illinois Institute's Review of E-Mail-Surveillance System Comes Under Fire in Congress

The Illinois Institute of Technology Research Institute has barely begun its review of Carnivore, an electronic-surveillance system being used by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, but already a Congressional leader is branding the review a "sham.". . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Oct 02, 2000

Tracking the web of data you weave

Online, you are your data dossier. Most computer users don't realize that Internet businesses are compiling data about them and their Web-surfing history and habits. Even those who are aware of the tactics would be dazed by the sheer bulk of . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Oct 02, 2000

Research team to review FBI's Carnivore

The Justice Department on Tuesday tapped IIT Research Institute, a Chicago-based nonprofit contract research and development group, to carry out a technical review of its controversial "Carnivore" e-mail surveillance system.. . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Sep 27, 2000

Security Flaw Found At E-Trade Internet stock brokerage moves to correct problem

A freelance Internet security expert said he found a potential cybernightmare in online broker E-Trade Group's Internet operations -- a programming flaw that could have given hackers easy access to customer accounts.. . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Sep 26, 2000

Speaking for security

A small UK company has created a speech recognition system that can fit comfortably on a smartcard and do its job using nothing more than the humble processing power of the chip on the card.. . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Sep 26, 2000

MSNBC Privacy Summary

MSNBC has put together a summary of the most significant events to affect privacy on the net in the last week or two. It covers Carnivore, a GeoCities faux pas, ACLU and wiretap issues, government and net privacy bills, and more. . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Sep 26, 2000

Defanging Carnivore

An interview with Network ICE CEO Robert Graham. "Graham released to the general public the source code to "Altivore," a program that mimics all the capabilities of Carnivore. Part protest against Carnivore's potential for invasions of privacy and part defensive measure . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Sep 25, 2000

The :CueCat Bar Code Reader

Here's a good overall summary of the :CueCat issues. "The Privacy Foundation recently completed a technical evaluation of the :CueCat bar code reader. This handheld device, which is similar in appearance to a computer mouse, is a product of Digital:Convergence Corp. . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Sep 22, 2000

Senate Posts Guide to Privacy Protection

Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Orrin Hatch on Wednesday touted identity scrubbers, self-destructing e-mail and other online privacy protection tools, as an alternative to stepped-up policing of the Web. Releasing a consumer guide to state-of-the-art methods of curbing personal data giveaways, the . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Sep 22, 2000

Network Ice posts do-it-yourself Carnivore kit

Just so you know what a carpet-soiling, leg-humping snippy little lapdog the FBI's Carnivore really is, firewall outfit Network Ice has hacked out a bit of C source code called 'Altivore', enabling anyone to cobble up an e-mail sniffer with virtually the same underwhelming capabilities and based on the same principles. . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Sep 21, 2000

Open-source Carnivore clone released

Internet service providers looking to sidestep the controversy surrounding the FBI's Carnivore system for sniffing Internet communications will soon be able to use an open-source program that also conforms to the needs of law enforcement.. . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Sep 21, 2000

U.S. Senators Release Net Privacy Guide

This is a great 40-page document by Orrin Hatch that describes what the government is doing about privacy, tools that can be used to protect your privacy, and a commendation to the public sector for what it's done to date to . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Sep 21, 2000

Online Privacy Tools Are Within Reach

A slew of privacy software applications are hitting the market or are in final testing to address the growing concerns of Internet users about how their data is collected. Some of the tools highlighted at a Commerce Department conference Tuesday . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Sep 21, 2000

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