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I think that a warrant that allows the exposure of your IP address through intrusive software that exploits a security weakness is valid, assuming that you rece
by Programmatic 10y ago
I think that a warrant that allows the exposure of your IP address through intrusive software that exploits a security weakness is valid, assuming that you receive the software after visiting a site and performing a criminal action. It's suitably narrow, and allows further (appropriate) searching.
The alternative (that I can't say that I mind too much, either) is to prohibit ever catching Tor users no matter what online criminal activities they perform, assuming you can't get their real IP through other means.
- lallysingh 10y agoGenerally I'd like to see something like an "Internet District" court with technically trained judges that have jurisdiction over warrants on the internet.
- gm-conspiracy 10y agoMaybe a "World Police"? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Team_America%3A_World_Police https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Team_America%3A_World_Police
- lallysingh 10y agoWell we're already that :-). But leave the internet-level stuff to judges who focus on that, instead of the one closest to some random fbi office. At least that way the judges can see & learn how these things play out, and give some informed judgement that has a chance of setting good precedents.
- gm-conspiracy 10y agoTo me, the slippery slope seems to be, how do you know that all the exploit did was obtain the IP address, and not add or alter files on the filesystem, or allow the system to be further compromised by other parties?
- Programmatic 10y agoI don't think a warrant for specific information changes that calculus; collecting additional information outside the scope of the warrant would be illegal regardless.