A networksoftware diagnostic tools created and used by the U.S. Federal Bureau
of Investigation (FBI) in crime investigation. Carnivore is a Windows-based with
packet-sniffing software that is installed at an Internet service provider (ISP)
to sniff traffic on a LAN, looking for e-mail messages in transit. The FBI may
only use the Carnivore system in places where permission by the system or ISP
owner has been granted, or with a a court order as part of an investigation. The
FBI has retired Carnivore and now uses commercial products instead.
FBI retires its Carnivore FBI surveillance experts have put their once-controversial Carnivore Internet surveillance tool out to pasture, preferring instead to use commercial products to eavesdrop on network traffic, according to documents released Friday.
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