DOJ Pushes to Expand Hacking Abilities Against Cyber-Criminals

Advocatus Diaboli writes with news about the DOJ's push to make it easier to get warrants to hack suspected cyber-criminals. "The U.S. Department of Justice is pushing to make it easier for law enforcement to get warrants to hack into the computers of criminal suspects across the country. The move, which would alter federal court rules governing search warrants, comes amid increases in cases related to computer crimes. Investigators say they need more flexibility to get warrants to allow hacking in such cases, especially when multiple computers are involved or the government doesn't know where the suspect's computer is physically located."

Comments

Well SURE!

[rmdingler]

There's no need to protect the freedoms of a future investigative target if it is even slightly inconvenient for law enforcement.

After all, they're out there serving and protecting, right?

If you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear arguments are becoming more painful than a toothache.

Plant the evidence...

[cronostitan]

This will make it very easy to implicate *anyone* in a cybercrime by just planting the evidence on their computer/device as you are hacking it anyway.
Totalitarians, here we come!