Before PRISM, before mass surveillance became a household term—there was Carnivore. In the debut episode of Kamen’s Konspiracies, Kamen digs into the shadowy origins of the FBI’s secretive software tool, known officially as DCS1000. Marketed as a way to “sniff” out criminals online, some say it opened the digital floodgates for government surveillance as we know it. How far did it reach? Who did it watch? And what happened when it quietly disappeared? Strap in—this one's watching you.
Before PRISM, before mass surveillance became a household term—there was Carnivore. In the debut episode of Kamen’s Konspiracies, Kamen digs into the shadowy origins of the FBI’s secretive software tool, known officially as DCS1000. Marketed as a way to “sniff” out criminals online, some say it opened the digital floodgates for government surveillance as we know it. How far did it reach? Who did it watch? And what happened when it quietly disappeared? Strap in—this one's watching you. ...