Keystroke Logger Faces Federal Wiretap Charges

Posted by CowboyNeal on Friday March 26, 2004 @12:47AM from the watching-the-watchmen dept.

securitas writes "In what prosecutors say is the first case of its kind, a former insurance claims manager was indicted on federal wiretapping charges for allegedly installing a keystroke logger on another employee's computer. The device was secretly installed 'on a PC used by a secretary to senior executives at Bristol West Insurance Group.' Reuters reports that the man, who had been fired, was gathering information for a class action lawsuit against his former employer. SecurityFocus interviews would-be keystroke logger user Larry Lee Ropp who reportedly installed the KEYKatcher device on the PC."

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dun dun dun by aixou · 2004-03-26 00:52 · Score: -1, Flamebait

::Generic liberal "but, but... the government is trying to kill us all" comments to follow::
Re:What a contradiction! by spacefight · 2004-03-26 01:24 · Score: 0, Flamebait

But then, you could use every toy laser pen as a "communication device", or even more: you could use the highway as a communication line (just send cars in morse code over it)... just kidding.
Re:Just slightly OT by Anonymous Coward · 2004-03-26 01:35 · Score: -1, Flamebait

Your job = teh suxx0rz

How much of a loser are you ?