The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) recently obtained Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) documents that show the agency failed to use its DCS-1000 Internet monitoring system effectively during 2002 and 2003. EPIC reports that the agency only used DCS-1000 a mere thirteen times in both years combined.
According to the reports obtained through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), the FBI opted instead to use commercially available software to carryout court ordered surveillance. The documents alluded that the agency found Carnivore and similar tools to be inadequate and almost unnecessary, since most Internet Service Providers (ISPs) willingly give out customer information as requested by the FBI and the United States government.
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