Keystroke Logger Faces Federal Wiretap Charges

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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Re:Just slightly OT

[darkmeridian]

I hate to say this, but teens aren't quite adults yet. Even physiologically, their brains are matured yet. (The centers for self-restraint do not fully develop until after adolescence.) They need to be monitored. Children who plan on suicide, children who are planning massacres, children who are drinking and worse, these children need help. And we can't help them unless we look after them.

Yes, wiretapping and espionage seems repellant. But we can't stand by and watch Columbines roll by in the name of excess liberalism.