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> The FBI can break into your house so long as it gets a search warrant. So why shouldn't it be able to hack into your computer with a warrant too? The huge di
by ycmbntrthrwaway 10y ago
> The FBI can break into your house so long as it gets a search warrant. So why shouldn't it be able to hack into your computer with a warrant too?
The huge difference is that when FBI breaks into your house you always know it.
- AlexCoventry 10y ago> when FBI breaks into your house you always know it That's not true. In January 2014, the bureau obtained a court-issued “sneak and peek” warrant, allowing agents to secretly search Raphel’s northwest Washington home while she was away. The FBI sent a special Evidence Response Team trained in surreptitious searches. Raphel’s home had an alarm system, which the FBI team bypassed. http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-last-diplomat-1480695454 http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-last-diplomat-1480695454
- damnmachine 10y agoThat article is a fascinating read.
- AlexCoventry 10y agoYes, very disturbing and reminiscent of that Richelieu quote, "If you give me six lines written by the hand of the most honest of men, I will find something in them which will hang him."
- grogenaut 10y agoIm just guessing but: So if they can't find or contact the owner of a building they have to wait to break in? I'm pretty sure they do the knock once break the door down thing in this case.