This shit just keeps getting better:
inb4 "I have nothing to hide so why should I care" + "It help protect us from the bad guys"..
source: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323997004578641993388259674.htmlThe FBI develops some hacking tools internally and purchases others from the private sector. With such technology, the bureau can remotely activate the microphones in phones running Google Inc.'s Android software to record conversations, one former U.S. official said. It can do the same to microphones in laptops without the user knowing, the person said. Google declined to comment.
The bureau typically uses hacking in cases involving organized crime, child pornography or counterterrorism, a former U.S. official said. It is loath to use these tools when investigating hackers, out of fear the suspect will discover and publicize the technique, the person said.
The FBI has been developing hacking tools for more than a decade, but rarely discloses its techniques publicly in legal cases.
Earlier this year, a federal warrant application in a Texas identity-theft case sought to use software to extract files and covertly take photos using a computer's camera, according to court documents. The judge denied the application, saying, among other things, that he wanted more information on how data collected from the computer would be minimized to remove information on innocent people.
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A group at the FBI called the Remote Operations Unit takes a leading role in the bureau's hacking efforts, according to former officials.
inb4 "I have nothing to hide so why should I care" + "It help protect us from the bad guys"..