From: Eric Kozowski (eric@kozowski.com)
Date: Fri Sep 06 2002 - 08:08:05 PDT
On Fri, Sep 06, 2002 at 01:37:14AM -0500, Floyd Petri wrote:
> Dave you are very correct. They are called "Pro-words" and the system is
> called "Conivor". They are monitoring all telephone calls, emails and maybe
> all the other forms of communications too. This is all done by computer
> automatically. Once the computer gets a hit with a certain combination of
> Pro-words the message is then read by a real live person to determine if it
> needs further action.
There are several systems for monitoring various types of electronic
communications. I think Floyd was thinking of "Carinvore", which is
an email scanning program. I've seen a presenetation by the FBI on
how it works and it's not nearly as scary as many people think.
The NSA has a system known as "Eschelon" that supposedly monitors
all voice communications in the US.
I would guess that CID probably subscribes to this list and others
like it for criminal activity.
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