E-mail Wiretapping

Rachel writes \”An article from MSNBC on e-mail spyware that can capture messages from web-based and POP3 services reads in part:


\”Fowler said the software would be useful for parents who want to watch their children’s e-mail activity in the early afternoon hours, when children are home from school but parents are still at work. Law enforcement agencies are also interested, he said — Web-based e-mail like Hotmail was used extensively by the hijackers who planned the Sept. 11 attacks, sometimes in public libraries.
“If our software had been installed in that library it would have recorded that Hotmail,” he said.\” \”