What Technological Development Led the FBI in the Early 2000s

question 59

Multiple Choice

What technological development led the FBI in the early 2000s to include a keylogging program in the Cyber Knight project?

• A) Advances in data mining allowed terrorist groups to achieve total information awareness relating to Department of Homeland Security projects.
• B) Advances in encryption programs made it impossible for officials to descramble files containing criminal evidence.
• C) Advances in computer-assisted passenger prescreening systems required increased surveillance of the general public.
• D) Advances in cell phone keyboard technology increased the ratio of text-based to voice-based telecommunications.

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