[WEB4LIB] RE: Magic Lantern

[Tom Edelblute]

Actually what I am envisioning is a hacker using this to get hold of
information from FBI computers.  If the FBI is not going to allow
security holes to be fixed then aren't they leaving themselves
vulnerable?

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Tom Edelblute
Public Access Systems Coordinator
Anaheim Public Library   phone: (714) 765-1759
500 West Broadway        fax:   (714) 765-1730
Anaheim CA 92805         e-mail: thomas at anaheim.lib.ca.us

Andrea.Cheney at USPTO.GOV wrote:
> 
> Well,
> 
> WHat I understood the article to mean is that the U.S. Govt, FBI etc will
> not need the cooperation staff in public libraries to find out what its
> users are doing when they use Library pc's to access the Internet.
> 
> --andrea cheney
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: danforth at alumni.tufts.edu [mailto:danforth at alumni.tufts.edu]
> Sent: Friday, December 07, 2001 1:57 PM
> To: web4lib at webjunction.org
> Subject: [WEB4LIB] Magic Lantern
> 
> I was just reading about Magic Lantern software and FBI's use of such items.
> 
> http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2001/1203bradner.html
> 
> I am wondering where this all fits into patron confidentiality and public
> computers.
> 
> Isabel