Xenon_(program)
Xenon (program)
Web crawler
Xenon is software to perform covert Internet searches and surveillance, presently in use by taxing authorities in at least six nations[1][2][3] to investigate the possibilities of tax evasion by various revenue producing web sites (online shops, gambling sites, or pornography sites) and clients selling goods on on-line auction sites.[4]: 59 [5]: 149 [6]: 384 [3][7][8][9][10] The software uses time-controlled web spiders to avoid detection, and likely countermeasures, by the webmasters of the targeted site.[1] Its use may be legal; but citizen's right to privacy and other civil liberties are implicated.