[saltman]

Originally Posted by direwolf-pgh

having configured sniffers & data collectors for businesses...

it would be easier for the gov. to simply collect data as it travels 'through the pipes' - rather than having spiders run around arbitrarily gathering (thats for public/private companies).

long story short - its collected before it hits the sites - they control/own the pipes.

I used to be really into this kind of stuff many years ago. What's carnivore's replacement called.... That's some interesting reading there.