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With Rule 41, Little-Known Committee Proposes to Grant New Hacking Powers to the Government | Electr

Accepted submission by MrPlow at 2016-06-18 13:53:28
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Submitted via IRC for Runaway1956

The government hacking into phones and seizing computers remotely? It’s not the plot of a dystopian blockbuster summer movie. It’s a proposal from an obscure committee that proposes changes to court procedures—and if we do nothing, it will go into effect in December.

Source: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2016/04/rule-41-little-known-committee-proposes-grant-new-hacking-powers-government [eff.org]


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