[ NNSquad ] Re: FBI using fake Facebook profiles

[Barry Gold <BarryDGold@ca.rr.com>]

Lauren Weinstein wrote:
> FBI using fake Facebook profiles
>
> http://bit.ly/8X7jWD  (Huffington)

Personally I don't have a problem with this.  Cops have been allowed to 
lie to suspects since forever.  Why should it be any less legal for a 
cop to pretend to be (e.g.) a drug buyer on Twitter than face-to-face?

[Not that I approve of drug laws, but doing it in cyberspace doesn't 
make it worse -- which is one of our great mantras: that porn on the net 
is no worse than porn in stores, etc.]

I do agree with EFF that the government should disclose its policies 
about these things.  Not that it will make a difference, but just so 
that we know what our government, which governs "by the consent of the 
governed" is doing.