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

Steven M. Bellovin smb at research.att.com
Tue Dec 5 11:37:44 PST 2000


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







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