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DOJ: Keystroke Logger Secret

Attorneys from the Justice Department have argued in court that introducing evidence on a keystroke-logging device will compromise national security. In the case being tried, the FBI employed a device to capture all the text entered into the computer via the keyboard. Privacy advocates argue that allowing the DOJ to enter the keystroke evidence without explanation may result in a new wave of manufactured evidence.

Feds: Spy Tool Is a Secret, Wired, August 7, 2001.
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