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US says it can hack into foreign-based servers without warrants
- PLenz 12y agoIf the U.S. claims this power I can't see how it can then turn around and say anything about China (or any state) hacking into American servers. This is spectacularly poorly thought out.
- privong 12y agoWell, they can always say "The Silk Road was violating American laws and the [other nation]'s hacking was not a legitimate law enforcement effort or done in response to a violation of laws in their country." That does not make the present claim by the US justifiable, but with the right qualifying words, one can construct an objection that is not in conflict.
- angersock 12y ago"Given that the SR Server was hosting a blatantly criminal website, it would have been reasonable for the FBI to 'hack' into it in order to search it, as any such 'hack' would simply have constituted a search of foreign property known to contain criminal evidence, for which a warrant was not necessary" Quoted from one of the G-Men in the article.