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US government investigators lost a case to force Facebook phone tapping on his Messenger application.
A joint effort by state and federal authorities to investigate the MS-13 gang prompted a district court to condemn the social networking giant to court for refusing to listen to voice calls in real time.
According to sources speaking to Reuters, the judge finally ruled in favor of Facebook – although, as the case remains sealed, it is not known why.
The case, filed in a district court in Fresno, California, deals with alleged members of gangs accused of murder and other crimes. The government had pushed to sue 16 alleged gang members, but they would have looked at Facebook for more evidence.
Reuters said that an affidavit submitted by an FBI agent had stated that "there was no practical method for law enforcement to monitor" calls on Facebook Messenger. . Although WhatsApp, owned by Facebook, uses end-to-end encryption to prevent prying ears, even the company can not listen – which law enforcement forces have long claimed that hinders investigations.
But Facebook Messenger does not encrypt end-to-end voice calls, allowing real-time listening of calls.
Although US law requires telephone companies and telephone companies to allow police and federal agencies to access real-time phone calls with a court-ordered wiretap,
Privacy advocates viewed the case as a way to remove the exemption, accusing the government of trying to track down the encrypted application only two years after the FBI sued Apple. on a similar request to penetrate the encrypted iPhone belonging to the shooter Syed Farook of San Bernardino.
The FBI refused to comment. Facebook has not responded to a request for comment.
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