full-disclosure - Is the FBI using email Web bugs?

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Message-ID: <3FFC33E9.2070601@verizon.net>
From: hescomingsoon at verizon.net (William Warren)
Subject: Is the FBI using email Web bugs?

or a firewall/proxy that blocks web bugs..:)

Richard M. Smith wrote:

>Hmm, is an "Internet Protocol Address Verifier" just an email Web bug?  If
>so, the suspect should have been using Outlook 2003 which blocks 'em. ;-)
> 
>Richard
> 
>Feds thwart extortion plot against Best Buy
>http://www.startribune.com/stories/535/4304797.html
>
>The federal search warrant was obtained the morning of Oct. 24 and allowed
>the FBI, with Best Buy's cooperation, to use an Internet device known as an
>Internet Protocol Address Verifier. It contained a program that
>automatically sent back a response to Best Buy after the company sent a
>message to the e-mail address. The response allowed investigators to
>identify Ray as the sender of the e-mail threats, according to the
>government.
>
>Assistant U.S. Attorney Paul Luehr said the address verifier was one of
>several investigative tools the government used to track Ray down.
>
>"It was a tool that helped us confirm that other leads were moving in the
>same direction," said Luehr, who declined to discuss details of the
>investigation.
>
>Ray faces a maximum of two years in prison and a $250,000 fine for property
>and reputation extortion. He faces a maximum sentence of five years in
>prison and a fine of $250,000 for threats to damage computers.
>
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