The FBI's name change for its Internet wiretapping program, from Carnivore to DCS1000, wasn't the alteration one of the application's most vocal critics wanted to see. "The only thing we've seen come out of the FBI or the Justice Department . . .
The FBI's name change for its Internet wiretapping program, from Carnivore to DCS1000, wasn't the alteration one of the application's most vocal critics wanted to see. "The only thing we've seen come out of the FBI or the Justice Department is the new name, which is a matter of public relations more than anything else," David Sobel, general counsel of the Electronic Privacy Information Center. "But I haven't seen any changes that are a response to the criticisms of Carnivore." EPIC and other groups advocating Internet privacy have expressed concerns that Carnivore could be used to intrude on Web users' electronic communications. The FBI uses the program to capture and examine e-mail messages of subjects under investigation.

EPIC filed a Freedom of Information Act request for the FBI's data on the program and received 565 pages of information on Oct. 2. The privacy group, however, still wants more information from the agency.

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