Driftnet – Picks out and displays images from network traffic

August 9, 2013 · Security · (No comments)

Driftnet watches network traffic, and picks out and displays JPEG and GIF images for display. It is an horrific invasion of privacy and shouldn't be used by anyone anywhere. It has been described as ‘a graphical tcpdump', ‘EtherPeg for Unix. It is also possible to use driftnet to capture MPEG audio data from the network and play it through a player such as mpg123.Images may be saved by clicking on them.
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