[thelist] Feds snooping email

[Ron White]

Just read this... Whoa

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation is using a superfast
system called Carnivore to covertly search e-mails for messages from
criminal suspects.

Essentially a personal computer stuffed with specialized software, Carnivore
represents a new twist in the federal government's fight to sustain its
snooping powers in the Internet age. But in employing the system, which can
scan millions of e-mails a second, the FBI has upset privacy advocates and
some in the computer industry. Experts say the system opens a thicket of
unresolved legal issues and privacy concerns.

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Thanks,
Ron White
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