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Court Rules the FBI Does Not Need a Warrant to Hack a Computer
- mtgx 10y ago> “It seems unreasonable to think that a computer connected to the Web is immune from invasion,” Morgan, Jr. adds. “Indeed, the opposite holds true: in today's digital world, it appears to be a virtual certainty that computers accessing the Internet can—and eventually will—be hacked,” he writes, and then points to a series of media reports on high profile hacks. He posits that users of Tor cannot expect to be safe from hackers. Holy shit. Is this the equivalent of "if you wore that short tight skirt on a dark alley at night, you should expect to be raped"? Going by the judge's logic, it would probably be fine if it was an FBI agent doing it, too, because hey "it's expected."
- simbalion 10y agoI agree. Hacking a computer is illegal, which is why law enforcement agencies need warrants to do it. Being part of a law enforcement agency does not give one automatic authority to violate the laws.