, SecurityFocus 2004-03-24
A former claims adjuster for a U.S. insurance company is the first to be charged under federal wiretap law for the covert use of a hardware keystroke logger, after he was caught using the device while secretly helping consumer attorneys gather information to use against his own company.
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Department of Justice Letter on Keystroke Monitoring and Login Banners.
"...Attorneys for the department have engaged in a review of the statute and its legistlative history. We beleive that such keystroke monitoring of intruders may be defensible under the statute. However, the statute does not expressly authorize such monitoring. Moreover, no court has yet had the opportunity to rule on this issue. If the courts were to decide that such monitoring is improper, it would potentially give rise to criminal and civil liability for system administrators..."
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