“The FBI and Digital Surveillance: How Far Should It Go? ... 1
QUESTION #1 – DOES CARNIVORE PRESENT AN ETHICAL DILEMMA? ... 2
QUESTION #4 – HOW EFFECTIVE IS CARNIVORE AS A TERRORISM AND CRIME PREVENTION TOOL? ... 3
QUESTION #5 – STATE YOUR VIEWS ON WAYS TO SOLVE THE PROBLEMS OF COLLECTING THE KEY DATA THE FBI CAN GAIN THROUGH CARNIVORE WITHOUT INTERFERING WITH THE PRIVACY OF PEOPLE NOT RELATED TO THE CRIME INVOLVED. ... This device has been named “Carnivore.” The Carnivore device provides the FBI with a "surgical" ability to intercept and collect the communications, which are the subject of the lawful order while ignoring those communications, which they are not authorized to intercept. This case will evaluate the ethical, social, and political issues that are involved with the Carnivore device. ...
Question #1 – Does Carnivore present an ethical dilemma? ...
The Carnivore system does indeed present an ethical dilemma. ... A dilemma presents itself when the FBI deems it necessary to invade law-abiding citizen’s privacy in order to protect them by using the Carnivore. Who can we trust to police the FBI in using Carnivore? ... Who controls what Carnivore filters? ... To ensure that the Carnivore system will not be abused a system of checks and balances needs to be implemented. ... ” With the advances in information technology, the FBI has developed software program called Carnivore that allows them to collect information from the Internet. Court orders for Carnivore to review email headers are easy to obtain. The Carnivore software gathers information by reviewing email headers once installed on a computer at the Internet Service Provider of a suspect. ... The Carnivore has had technical problems, which caused it to select communications in addition to that identified in the court order. ... How can Carnivore be used without violating citizen’s privacy rights? Carnivore should be fine-tuned to monitor only the emails of those suspected of criminal or terrorist activities. ... This can be accomplished by providing safeguards to protect the Carnivore software from misuse. ... The consequences of not using Carnivore are a weaker FBI. ... Carnivore software usage violates this right.
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