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Perspective

May 13, 2016

Rule change would significantly expand surveillance authority

What if I told you that the U.S. Supreme Court's most significant digital privacy ruling this year is not decision in a high profile Fourth Amendment or consumer privacy case, but a simple procedural order? By Alan Butler

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By Alan Butler

What if I told you that the U.S. Supreme Court's most significant digital privacy ruling this year is not decision in a high profile Fourth Amendment or consumer privacy case, but a simple procedural order? What if I told you that the rule change included in this order, approving a proposal from an obscure committee, could fundamentally alter Fourth Amendment rights and the way that federal investigators conduct searches of remote c...

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