Should gov't be able to hack into your computer?
Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2016 8:16 am
I don't think so.........but
Ever hear of Rule 41 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure? Neither has practically anyone else, including Members of Congress. Unless Congress says "wait" before Dec. 1, it will grant federal law enforcement authorities sweeping new powers to remotely hack into computers or computer systems - maybe yours or your library's -- to neutralize a cybersecurity threat that they think those computers are helping to distribute.
Congress has until just December 1 to pass a bill delaying that effective date of the new Rule so it can at least hold a hearing on the intended and unintended consequences of this potentially disruptive, privacy-invasive new Rule. That bill is the "Review the Rule Act" (S.3475; H.R.6341), which would delay the implementation of changes to Rule 41 until July 1, 2017.
http://thehill.com/business-a-lobbying/307117-google-aclu-call-to-delay-government-hacking-rule
While i want the "bad ones" to be stopped, I'm not in favor of random hacking into personal computers.
(--or random wire tapping for that matter.)
Ever hear of Rule 41 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure? Neither has practically anyone else, including Members of Congress. Unless Congress says "wait" before Dec. 1, it will grant federal law enforcement authorities sweeping new powers to remotely hack into computers or computer systems - maybe yours or your library's -- to neutralize a cybersecurity threat that they think those computers are helping to distribute.
Congress has until just December 1 to pass a bill delaying that effective date of the new Rule so it can at least hold a hearing on the intended and unintended consequences of this potentially disruptive, privacy-invasive new Rule. That bill is the "Review the Rule Act" (S.3475; H.R.6341), which would delay the implementation of changes to Rule 41 until July 1, 2017.
http://thehill.com/business-a-lobbying/307117-google-aclu-call-to-delay-government-hacking-rule
While i want the "bad ones" to be stopped, I'm not in favor of random hacking into personal computers.
(--or random wire tapping for that matter.)