Most Likely to Take Over the World

U.S. law enforcement agents are following the rest of the Internet world into popular social-networking services, going undercover with false online profiles to communicate with suspects and gather private information, according to an internal Justice Department document that offers a tantalizing glimpse of issues related to privacy and crime-fighting.

I am a huge privacy advocate, member of the ACLU, civil libertarian, and the sort of person that hates when people (such as commentors below) say “go ahead! I have nothing to hide!” when it comes to the government invading the privacy rights of others.

Having said that, I have no problem with Federal agents looking at information that individuals freely and voluntarily make public. (continue reading…)

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