One morning his probation officer showed up unannounced. In terrorism cases, a judge usually set up the rules and then a probation officer and an F.B.I. The person doing the real-time digital monitoring is typically a probation officer. The approach varies from district to district, said Brian J. Kelly, a federal probation officer and cybercrimes specialist in the Eastern District of New York. If someone under supervised release reads an article referring to “food porn” or sends an email complaining about his boss using a certain four-letter word, Mr. Kelly says he will receive a notification.

Source: New York Times May 26, 2019 09:00 UTC