While most of us keep updating our day to day activities online, criminals these days are not behind.
As a result, one can expect that police will follow and investigate crimes online.
Also for comparison, Google has received only 18 and 12 wiretap requests in 2013 and 2014 respectively.
So, perhaps, in 2015 as well, there will be a spike for wiretaps for Google chats.
Such data for 2015 has yet to be published by Google.
Experts arent sure what could have caused the spike.
I cant think of a reason for the jump.
It is likely that many of these wiretaps came from a single out-of-control US attorney said Cardozo.
However, there is no way to know that is clearly understood.
We typically see a small handful each year, DOJ spokesperson Peter Carr said in an email.
Who issued these wiretaps on Whatsapp and Facebook, and why, this still remains a mystery.
source: www.techworm.net