Policeware
Policeware is software designed to police citizens by monitoring discussion and interaction of its citizens. Within the US, Carnivore was a first incarnation of secretly-installed email monitoring software installed in internet service providers' networks to log computer communication, including transmitted emails. Magic Lantern is another such application, this time running in a targeted computer in a trojan style and performing keystroke logging. Oasis, software developed by CIA, is designed for converting intercepted audio into searchable text.
A new incarnation is the CBDTPA for "Consumer Broadband and Digital Television Promotion Act", which is a bill proposed in Congress by Senators Fritz Hollings (D-SC) and Ted Stevens (R-Alaska), along with Senators Daniel Inouye (D-HI), John Breaux (D-LA), Bill Nelson (D-FL), and Dianne Feinstein (D-CA). The CBDTPA was originally known as the "SSSCA" while in draft form.
The law would force all new personal computers and digital home entertainment
devices sold in the United States to have government-approved "policeware" built in. This policeware would restrict usage of copyrighted material on these devices — including music files and CDs, video clips, DVDs, e-books, and more, via trusted computing technologies and Digital Rights Management (DRM).
Modern cars often come with a "black box" that records such information as speed at the time of a crash, which can be used by police and insurance companies in pursuing criminal convictions. Eventually it is likely that all cars sold will carry these devices.
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