Friday - July 21, 2000

Cheap Online Airfares Hard to Find

According to USA Today:

"Last-minute discount fares found only on airline Web sites can be more than 90% off what airlines and travel agents quote, the Transportation Department says.

But they are not always easy to find on the Web, the department's inspector general, Kenneth Mead, told a Senate hearing Thursday.

Airlines should include Internet specials in their Web sites' fare-search function and reservation agents should tell callers about the specials, Mead said..."

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New FBI System Could Abolish Internet Privacy
According to the San Francisco Gate:

"Shades of J. Edgar Hoover: it seems the FBI is still up to its old tricks. Not content with merely tapping phones and opening mail, the Bureau recently unveiled a new program, this one aimed at intercepting and monitoring Internet traffic.

Dubbed 'Carnivore,' the Bureau has been employing the system secretly in criminal investigations since early 1999.

And though they claim only to have used Carnivore in less than 100 cases to date, the revelation of its existence has sent a shockwave through privacy advocacy organizations and civil liberties groups.

Even the recent White House proposed legislation setting legal requirements for surveillance in cyberspace by law enforcement authorities has not quelled their fears..."

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