Google warns of US government 'hacking any facility' in the world

Google says increasing the FBI's powers set out in search warrants would raise 'monumental' legal concerns that should be decided by Congress

Google is boldly opposing an attempt by the US Justice Department to expand federal powers to search and seize digital data, warning that the changes would open the door to US "government hacking of any facility" in the world.

In a strongly worded submission to the Washington committee that is considering the proposed changes, Google says that increasing the FBI's powers set out in search warrants would raise "monumental and highly complex constitutional, legal and geopolitical concerns that should be left to Congress to decide".