FBI wants spy tools baked into social sites

The FBI is pushing for social-media services to provide a built-in back door, allowing investigators to monitor the communication that takes place on their sites in real time. Critics say that requiring communications tools to be vetted by security teams would slow the pace of online innovation and put the U.S. at a competitive disadvantage. "For American competitiveness it is critical that we preserve the ease and speed with which innovative new communications technologies can be developed," says privacy expert Susan Landau.Wired.com/Epicenter blog (2/17)

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