DefenseTech reports that the FBI has given up on Carnivore, the electronic snooping application that it used to force on ISPs serving suspects. It seems that the folks in dark suits are now using commercial software instead.
This probably has no effect on artists — yes, artists — who use an open source app inspired by the feds as the center of their networked interactive art. Called CarnivorePE, it’s the back-end of over two dozen art installations, most graphically: Police State.
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