Sometimes you must have moderation and people on the outside of their parties to fix things and to fix anything you have to meet in the middle. So it’s no surprise that digital freedoms, privacy, and protections proponents like Democratic Senator Ron Wyden and Republican Senator Rand Paul would undo the change, adopted by the U.S.Supreme Court in April, in a private vote, and without congressional involvement changed Rule 41 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure.
The rule change, set to go into effect December 1st, would allow agencies like the FBI to use one warrant from any one state or federal jurisdiction to hack an unlimited number of computers in multiple jurisdictions using black hat hacking techniques of botnet hacking. This style of attack would open these compromised computers to attacks from third parties as well. It would also leave little oversight it seems to the FBI and other agencies who would now be able to do this if the rule change occurred. The bill spearheaded Wyden and Paul would block these overreach in powers by the FBI and other agencies. Republican Senator Steve Daines and Democrats Tammy Baldwin and Jon Tester are co-sponsoring the Stopping Mass Hacking Act. [Sen Wyden Post]
Originally from the Maryland beltway area. Patrick lived in Los Angeles for a couple of years. Now he is based in the Portland area. In the past Patrick has been an IT engineer, technology consultant, software trainer, technology journalist, blogger, and podcaster. Currently he is returning to school for a degree in Computer Science & Engineering.
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