, 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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Second, he was not in-league with the police, so he has no authority to do anything that the police legally could. Maybe the next house burglar that gets caught will claim he was gathering evidence that he would turn over to the police...
Last of all, even if he was acting on behalf of the police, he did not have a wiretap warrant, so he broke the law anyhow (and the police department would be held responsible if he was working on their behalf).
It doesn't really matter what this guy was or wasn't trying to do. He broke many laws in the process, and went far beyond what is acceptible.
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