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

[R. A. Hettinga]

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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