Friday, November 26, 2004

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: Can't find the name of the episode on the Web site; it's the one where the stalker watches his victim through a Web site he created with live feeds from her apartment. It's funny, thanks to the PATRIOT Act, he was a cinch to track down. From that Electronic Privacy Information Center Web page:
Section 210 expands the type of information that a[n Internet service] provider must disclose to law enforcement to include, among other things, records of session times and duration; any temporarily assigned network address; and any means or source of payment. This heightened authority to use subpoenas (rather than court orders) for a broader (and more revealing) class of information is not limited to investigations of suspected terrorist activity.

At most they would've needed the logs from two ISPs: the one hosting the Web site and the one hosting his connection. Reading blogs at work? Click to escape to a suitable site!
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