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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On Tue, Dec 05, 2000 at 09:04:03AM -0500, R. A. Hettinga 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
A copy of the indictment is here: http://www.cluebot.com/article.pl?sid=00/12/06/0138246 Nicodemo S. Scarfo, the defendant in this case, is the son of the former head of the Philadelphia-Atlantic City mob (who has been in jail himself since 1991); Nicodemo is currently out on bail and awaiting trial. His attorney was going to file a pretrial motion on the crypto issue, but was replaced today (conflict of interest rules) with a new attorney, with whom I have not yet spoken. So if you don't like this kind of FBI black bag job, you'll want to root for Mr. Scarfo. :) -Declan PS: Some background on FBI black bag jobs and crypto: http://www.wired.com/news/print/0,1294,33779,00.html
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