Criminal,
Constitutional Law
Jun. 16, 2016
Don't back government-sanctioned hacking
Congress should support the Stopping Mass Hacking Act and encourage legislative and public scrutiny of remote access searches generally.
Unless Congress acts before Dec. 1, 2016, amendments to Rule 41 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure will take effect, authorizing federal judges to grant extraterritorial remote access computer search warrants in two increasingly common cybercrime contexts. The House and Senate have introduced bills - both titled the Stopping Mass Hacking Act - aimed at preventing these amendments from taking effect. The bills address procedural changes to Rule 41, but do not address deeper concerns...
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