Excerpt: "The FBI primarily is looking for purveyors of child pornography, software used in the piracy of movies and music, and threats to national security." --- X-Clips-URL: <http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2004/Feb/05/ln/ln01a.html/?prin t=on> Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2004 11:53:51 -0500 From: "R. A. Hettinga" <rah@private> Subject: FBI asks Hawaii computer shops to help fight cybercrime <http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2004/Feb/05/ln/ln01a.html/?print=on> The Honolulu Advertiser - Hawaii's Newspaper Posted on: Thursday, February 5, 2004 FBI asks computer shops to help fight cybercrime By Peter Boylan Advertiser Staff Writer Agents with the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Cyber Crime Squad have been approaching O'ahu computer-repair specialists, network consultants and software developers and asking them to report any overtly criminal activity they find in customers' computers. Owners of computer repair shops reported that FBI agents have come calling for at least a year. Some business owners and network security consultants favor the approach, which enlists old-school police beat work to combat high-tech crime. Others - like the executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union in Hawai'i and some local computer users - are wary of the tactic, saying it comes dangerously close to violating a person's privacy rights. Special Agent Arnold Laanui said the FBI is taking a proactive approach to fighting computer crimes, which are ranked third on the agency's list of priorities, behind protecting the country against a terrorist attack and deflecting espionage. "The computer arena is so broad and such a part of everyday life," Laanui said. "A good chunk of crimes out there have some sort of computer-based nexus to them." The FBI primarily is looking for purveyors of child pornography, software used in the piracy of movies and music, and threats to national security. ... _______________________________________________ Politech mailing list Archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ Moderated by Declan McCullagh (http://www.mccullagh.org/)
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