Another key topic is government versus citizen. The FBI has installed a system at many ,Internet service proveders to snoop on all incoming and outgoing email for nuggets of interest to it(Blaze and Bellovin,2000;Sobel,2001;and Zacks,2001) The system was originally called Carnivore but bad publicity caused it to be renamed to the more innocent-sounding DCS1000.But its goal is still to spy on millions of people in the hope of finding information about illegal activities.unfortunately,the Fourth amendment to the U.S.Constitution prohibits government.searches without a search warrant.Whether these 54 words.written in the 18th century, still carry any weight in the 21st century is a matter that may keep the courts ,busy until the 22nd century
The government does not have a monopoly on threatening people's privacy. The private sector does its bit too.Forexample, small files called cookies that Web browsers store on users'computers allow companies to track users'activities in cyberspace and also may allow credit acrd numbers ,social security numbers,and other confidential information to leak all over the Interne(Berghel,2001)
