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ComputerCop (stylized ComputerCOP) is content control software developed by the Bohemia, New York-based company ComputerCop Software. The software offers the ability for users to scan content on a computer (such as files, images, video, and web browser history) for objectionable content, along with a key logging component that allows parents to be notified if certain words are being typed. Upon its original release, the software was endorsed by NYPD detective Bo Dietl, and was originally branded as Bo Dietl's One Tough Computer Cop (in reference to his autobiographal film ''One Tough Cop'').〔 It initially only contained scanning software; later versions dropped Dietl's endorsement and branding, but also added a keylogger.〔 The software, which is intended to promote children's' internet safety, is not generally sold to the public, but is sold directly to local law enforcement agencies and police departments in bulk with custom branding and endorsements, and then distributed to the public at no charge as a form of outreach. The software gained infamy in October 2014 following the release of a report by the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a non-profit digital rights group, which alleged that ComputerCop was privacy-invasive due to a number of security flaws, including the storage and transmission of key logging output in a non-encrypted format. The reports resulted in varying responses from agencies who planned to, or had distributed the software, although they continued to endorse the software for its public safety benefits. ==Operation== ComputerCop is distributed on a CD-ROM, and consists of two software components; a content scanner, and a key logger. The scanner can be run directly off the CD, and performs a scan of the system's hard drive for files containing objectionable content, and a user's web browsing history for objectionable websites. While it can scan the content of file names and documents for keywords relating to such content, it cannot scan the content of images themselves.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/09/computercop-dangerous-internet-safety-software-hundreds-police-agencies )〕 The software comes with a second component known as "KeyAlert", which is designed to monitor the use of websites and online chat services; when installed on the computer, it scans and logs keyboard input by the computer's user, searching for and logging the use of strings related to objectionable content and user-specified keywords. It can also provide e-mail notifications whenever such activity is detected. Logged data is stored on the computer's hard drive; on the Windows version, it is stored as unencrypted plain text. The OS X version does encrypt logging data with a password.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「ComputerCop」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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