IP: Internet Pioneer Defends FBI's Use of Carnivore, Journal Says

[Dave Farber <farber@cis.upenn.edu>]

>From: GLIGOR1@aol.com
>Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2000 20:24:49 EDT
>
>Internet Pioneer Defends FBI's Use of Carnivore, Journal Says
>
>
>Washington, Sept. 7 (Bloombe
>rg) -- Vinton Cerf, widely regarded as the ``father of the Internet,''
>indicated that he believes the FBI uses its Carnivore surveillance system
>without violating Internet users' privacy, the Wall Street Journal reported
>on its Web site.
>
>Cerf, a senior vice president at WorldCom Inc., also told a Senate
>subcommittee that he opposes efforts to force the FBI to disclose the
>blueprints for Carnivore, the Journal said. Cerf co- invented parts of the
>Internet's underlying technology in 1973.
>
>The FBI can use the Carnivore software system to monitor Internet traffic and
>capture e-mail from a criminal suspect. Critics say Carnivore makes it easy
>to capture electronic communications from innocent people as well, the
>Journal said.
>
>(WSJ.com 9/7)
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>Sep/07/2000  1:00 ET
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