Hacking Against Cybercrime: The FBI’s New Approach

What if the U.S. government could force entry—in other words, hack—into electronic devices around the world, using only one warrant, even if the owners of those devices were not suspected of any criminal activity – and it would be legal?

The U.S. Department of Justice has made new changes to Rule 41 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure to do just that.  These changes—made without meaningful congressional debate—allow the FBI to hack multiple devices under a single warrant.

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