We have had wiretapping laws for telephones for decades, and now a new proposal has been in place for the FBI to be able to wiretap the “Digital World.” If legislation for the FBI being able to screen and monitor the activities on certain sites such as Google and Facebook, then this could mean serious business. A wide majority of users are daily users of these two sites, and while the FBI claims that it is imperative to be able to wiretap into certain high traffic sites in order to “aid them” in solving crimes, I have to disagree with them. We have to ask ourselves, what is the point of monitoring a couple of sites and services and not all of them? If FBI wanted to catch criminals, would criminals really be using Gchat or Skype of Facebook to plan their mischief? They could be using the most rudimentary online chat programs like AIM, or Yahoo Messenger, as oppose to the major services like Gchat. I also believe if this proposal was to go through, then the meaning of the world privacy would go out the window, as all of our activity will be transparent. And while transparency of companies is a good thing, perhaps this is a bit overboard, especially since this proposal wont aim to help us solve the problem of the filter bubble or privacy, and instead will create turmoil amongst the users of the internet. What are your thoughts on this proposal?

Article:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/proposal-seeks-to-fine-tech-companies-for-noncompliance-with-wiretap-orders/2013/04/28/29e7d9d8-a83c-11e2-b029-8fb7e977ef71_story_1.html