Re: IBM Uses Keystroke-monitoring in NJ Mob Case (was Re: BNA's Internet Law News (ILN) - 12/5/00)
In message <p05010428b652a60f7837@[10.0.1.2]>, "R. A. Hettinga" writes:
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
Very interesting, but what does IBM have to do with the case? Did you mean to type "FBI"? --Steve Bellovin
At 2:37 PM -0500 on 12/5/00, Steven M. Bellovin wrote:
Very interesting, but what does IBM have to do with the case? Did you mean to type "FBI"?
Absolutely. God knows why I did it... Cheers, RAH -- ----------------- R. A. Hettinga <mailto: rah@ibuc.com> The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation <http://www.ibuc.com/> 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'
At 05:32 PM 12/5/00 -0500, R. A. Hettinga wrote:
At 2:37 PM -0500 on 12/5/00, Steven M. Bellovin wrote:
Very interesting, but what does IBM have to do with the case? Did you mean to type "FBI"?
Absolutely.
God knows why I did it...
You didn't; that bump in your keyboard cable automatically replaces that acronym with another.
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