1. And so civil liberties and privacy rights groups oppose an FBI e-mail surveillance technology called Carnivore. 2. As a result, some privacy groups, including the Electronic Privacy Information Center, have called for a boycott of this chip. 3. A privacy group has filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Comission asking the sale be prevented. 4. Both privacy groups and industry executives say the proposed legislation would strip away congressionally mandated public oversight. 5. But a coalition of software companies, privacy groups and others fighting for an across-the-board lifting of export controls on encryption called the policy shift insignificant. 6. But it caught government officials and privacy enforcement groups off guard with disclosures that confidential information was being disseminated through banner ads and third-party service providers. 7. But privacy groups believe at the very least, the companies should come clean about what they do with new technology that allows them to track nearly every keystroke. 8. But on-line privacy groups say the change is not enough. 9. But the privacy groups said that solution was inadequate. 10. Civil liberties and privacy groups are pleading with Congress not to act hastily. |