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Secret Data in FBI Wiretapping Audit Revealed with Ctrl-C
blog.wired.com — Once again, supposedly sensitive information blacked out from a government report turns out to be visible by computer experts armed with the Ctrl-C keys -- and that information turns out to be not very sensitive after all.
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- latova, on 05/17/2008, -0/+2Oh the irony, privacy invaded on a wiretapping related document.
- babar77, on 05/17/2008, -0/+4What this proves is that for whatever reason, the FBI doesn't like people knowing they have funding and equipment deficiencies. Upgrades to switches, cost of wiretapping, and IT problems? Sounds like they don't want it getting out that it is possible to still be anonymous so long as you don't make yourself too big of a fish. They want to perpetuate the notion that they could be watching at anytime and they get their information instantly.
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