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Carnivore No More

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the calling-it-quits dept.

wikinerd writes "FBI has retired the controversial Carnivore software, strongly criticized by privacy advocates for its email capturing abilities. However, it is believed that unspecified commercial surveillance tools are employed now. What does that mean for Internet users' privacy?"

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  1. argh! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    somebody post something interesting, im bored.

    fp?

  2. Wikipedia is being attacked by Linux zealots! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    An article written by Wikipedia, which is critical of the Linux operating system, is under attack by Linux zealots! Please help!

  3. Re:Selective editing from SecurityFocus? by SilverspurG · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    That's such a crappy article, no wonder they pulled it. I'm surprised Google even bothers to cache it.

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    fast as fast can be. you'll never catch me.
  4. Re:Selective editing from SecurityFocus? by java.bean · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Yeah, the "Crap Web Pages" filter on Google isn't working that well yet, it's still in beta: http://crapfilter.google.com/ .