IBM Uses Keystroke-monitoring in NJ Mob Case (was Re: BNA's Internet Law News (ILN) - 12/5/00)

At 8:30 AM -0500 on 12/5/00, BNA Highlights wrote:

KEYSTROKE MONITORING AND THE SOPRANOS A federal gambling case against the son of a New Jersey mob boss may provide the courts with the opportunity to weigh in on the privacy issues surrounding keystroke monitoring. The FBI's surveillance included the use of such technology to reproduce every stroke entered on a computer. The defense plans to challenge the FBI's surveillance methods at pre-trial defense motion. http://inq.philly.com/content/inquirer/2000/12/04/front_page/JMOB04.htm

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