ECHELON is a top secret NSA (National Security Agency) surveillance program that may have roots going back to the 1960s when spy agencies were monitoring Soviet Union communications as part of the Cold War. Due to the highly classified nature of this program, very little is known about the project other than bits and pieces […]
The FBI Carnivore Surveillance Program – What Is It?
Carnivore was the official name for a custom-built Internet surveillance system used by the FBI from around 1997 through the end of 2004. The original software system was no longer in use by 2005; however, the program does continue using commercially available software. Carnivore was an advanced packet-sniffing system that could isolate communications between two […]