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Undercover Feds on Social Networking Sites

• lotharbot 17y ago
  "In the offline world, agents involved in an investigation can’t impersonate a suspect’s spouse, child, parent or best friend, the Associated Press notes. But online they can." It's pretty hard to pull that off convincingly. I guess if the goal is just to get on the friends list for long enough to see a person's pictures and recent messages, sure -- provided you know the name of a close relative or friend who doesn't already have an account. But trying to carry on a conversation under someone else's identity is pretty difficult. I would think it far easier to pose as a distant friend or acquaintance from high school -- which could also be done offline.