"Carnivore"Computer networks empower us to share information, but they also make it easier for governments and corporations to monitor our electronic communications. In the 1990s, the United States' Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) used a digital wiretapping software application called Carnivore to surveil traffic flowing through the servers of Internet service providers. This technology enabled agents to read e-mail messages and eavesdrop on the chat-room conversations of citizens. In response to this surveillance, a team of artists calling themselves Radical Software Group, or RSG, developed CarnivorePE (PE signifies "Personal Edition). I agree with these artists that the government practicing such surveillance is a complete invasion of privacy and should be stopped.
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