By Adam Cohen
Time magazine
We may all be getting a new Facebook friend soon: the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
The FBI wants to shift its wiretapping from old-school telephone lines to person-to-person platforms like email and instant messaging and even social media like Facebook.
To help it make the switch, the FBI is asking Congress to require tech companies to rewrite their software so it has a “back door” that the FBI can use to listen in.
It is all part of an initiative known as “Going Dark.”
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