Any criminals dumb enough to brag about their exploits on social networking sites have now been warned - the next Facebook ''friend'' who contacts you may be an FBI agent.
The document says agents can scan suspects' profiles to establish motives, determine a person's location and tap into personal communication, for instance through Facebook status updates.
Who's a villain and who's not? "Villain"? That's like a comics term..... Lex Luthor better not have Facebook.... "Bought 300 grams of kyyptonite today..."
The FBI cracks down on online crime as part of Operation Cyber Sweep in 2003. Although some would argue, that protecting users in the first place would be far more useful
The findings of this article definitely portrays an extremist view of the internet. It shows the internet to be extremely dangerous which would add to the already growing nervousness which I think many parents experience in letting their children surf the web. While cybersecurity is an increasingly prominent issue I don't see how producing a bubble of fear around the online world can improve the situation. You generally cannot function without the internet and being fed these alarmist ideas only furthers the notion that people should be fearful and avoid the internet rather than be engaging with it and appreciating it for being an amazing tool to communicate and learn.
This article is actually looking at the question of whether there is even a cybersecurity threat. It demonstrates that even within government bodies in the US there is no consensus about the level of current threat.