<P> Logging the IP addresses of users that access certain websites is commonly called "webtapping". </P> <P> Webtapping is used to monitor websites that presumably contain dangerous or sensitive materials, and the people that access them . Though it is allowed by the USA PATRIOT Act, it is considered a questionable practice by many citizens . </P> <P> In Canada, anyone is legally allowed to record a conversation, as long as they are involved in the conversation . Canadians are not allowed to record a conversation legally that they are not a part of . The police must apply for a warrant beforehand to legally eavesdrop on the conversation . It must be expected that it will reveal evidence to a crime . State agents are lawfully allowed to record conversations but, to reveal the evidence in court, they must obtain a warrant . </P> <P> Many state legislatures in the United States enacted statutes that prohibited anybody from listening in on telegraph communication . Telephone wiretapping began in the 1890s, following the invention of the telephone recorder, and its constitutionality was established in the Prohibition - Era conviction of bootlegger Roy Olmstead . Wiretapping has also been carried out under most Presidents, sometimes with a lawful warrant since the Supreme Court ruled it constitutional in 1928 . On October 19, 1963, U.S. Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, who served under John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson, authorized the FBI to begin wiretapping the communications of Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr . The wiretaps remained in place until April 1965 at his home and June 1966 at his office . </P>

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