Security News VPN Providers Protest Plans to Expand Government Hacking Powers

[frogboy]

Proposed legislative changes that will increase law enforcement’s ability to hack into computers are under attack by a broad coalition. Google, EFF, Demand Progress and FightForTheFuture are joined by TOR, Private Internet Access and other VPN services seeking to block changes to Rule 41.

Back in April the U.S. Supreme Court approved a rule change that will allow law enforcement to obtain a warrant to hack into computers and even phones anywhere in the world.

The changes affect Rule 41 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure which determines how the government investigates criminal complaints.

The changes will allow a judge to grant permission to law enforcement agencies enabling them to hack computers anywhere, provided the location of the target computer has been hidden by technical means. That means that users of TOR, VPNs, and proxies etc could all become vulnerable, regardless of why they are using such tools. But it doesn’t stop there.

“It might also extend to people who deny access to location data for smartphone apps because they don’t feel like sharing their location with ad networks,” the EFF previously warned.


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[_CyberGhosT_]

Wow, talk about "overreach"
Great share FrOg !

 

[jamescv7]

Definitely that should review carefully, the instrument like TOR brought to make the user anonymous no matter if its involved in any cases. Since the rule 41 will clearly remove the privacy.

I agree on in-depth debate for that.

 

[DJ Panda]

So the government is basically Microsoft? NO PRIVACY

(This was a joke, Windows 10 isn't as bad as people make it out to be.)