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The U.S. Department of Justice wants new authority to hack and search remote computers during investigations, saying the new rules (Giant pdf) are needed because of complex criminal schemes sometimes using millions of machines spread across the country. Digital rights groups say the request from the DOJ for authority to search computers outside the district where an investigation is based raises concerns about Internet security and Fourth Amendment protections against unreasonable searches and seizures. "By expanding federal law enforcement's power to secretly exploit 'zero-day' vulnerabilities in software and Internet platforms, the proposal threatens to weaken Internet security for all of us," Nathan Freed Wessler, a staff attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union, said by email.
(Score: 4) by bucc5062 on Tuesday May 13 2014, @07:51PM
This!! I thought there was this thing called a warrant that law enforcement was required to get to go and search for things. Why do they need more power granted to them (without oversight) when calling up a judge can do the job.
"Hey ah judge, we need dis here warrant to go and get some stuff from Joe-Bob's computer"
"And the reason for the warrant?"
"reason? um...reason? Because we think he's guilty. How's that?"
"denied!"
The more things change, the more they look the same