FBI wiretapping Facebook

FBI pressuring Google, Facebook to allow ‘back doors’ for wiretapping

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2010/11/17/fbi-pressuring-google-facebook-wiretapping/

The Obama administration, last year, planned to create a new law -- an update to the 1994 Communications Assistance to Law Enforcement Act.   A FBI Director, Robert Mueller, traveled to Silicon Valley to convince major Internet players to build "back doors" into their software that will allow law enforcement to wiretap data on their networks. The update includes all new communication technologies; such as Facebook, Blackberries, and etc.
People that are for the update believe that just the ability to wiretap a phone is not enough anymore. As new technology abilities grow the use of the phone use decreases. People are more into technologies like Skype/Oovoo, Facebook, and other social network sites. They believe in order to stay current with what's happening now, they must update laws.
But Privacy Advocates believe this new proposal update can give hackers an easier way to find access to people information and use it for their personal gain, and even criminal use. The privacy advocates main concern is the abuse the proposal can lead too.

Tell me what do you think, do believe that the government should have this new ability to help find criminals or does this new proposal actually give a lending hand to the criminals?

-Moiah ZaTiaya