Word: snooper
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...notice it's there. When they try to log on to a blocked site, they are presented with either a blank page or a standard error message that reads, "This page cannot be displayed." Cybersitter works on e-mail, instant messaging, newsgroups and file-sharing sites. A System Snooper feature enables you to scan your hard drive for evidence of "recent internet activity where potentially objectionable material has been accessed." One downside to Cybersitter: it doesn't work on Macs...
...about the police pursuing terrorists or serious criminals," says Roger Bingham, a spokesman for the human-rights group Liberty. "This raises the possibility of civil servants trawling through data collected for one purpose and used for another." The government rejects assertions that it is opportunistically creating a snooper's charter. "We're not talking about content of e-mails here," says a Home Office spokesman. "We're talking about dates and times of communications" - who contacted whom, and when. Requests for warrants to actually intercept content as part of a criminal investigation, he adds, would be subject to stringent criteria...