Virginia court says FBI can work internationally without a warrant

[robkelk]

The Register: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/06/24 ... _anywhere/]Judge rules FBI can hack any time, any, place, anywhere

Yet another case of http://allthetropes.org/wiki/Think_of_the_Children]Think of the Children trumping civil rights, in the opinion of the article writer. There's also the matter of the FBI previously not being allowed to work outside of the USA...
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Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012

[khagler]

The FBI has been working outside the USA at least since World War 2.

[khagler]

Here's an article on the case written by an actual criminal defense lawyer: http://blog.simplejustice.us/2016/06/27 ... nable-meh/

[Rajvik]

You know, it is not often that I agree with left leaning defense lawyers, but this one has the right of things. Antivirus protection is supposed to be there to help provide that (illusion) level of privacy that the judge seems to cast off into nothing, yes a dedicated hacker can find a way into any connected system. This is why the most sensitive information is kept on stand alone setups and moved via writable media. But even then it takes time and is not casually found like the pistol on the bedside table. Should the government be required to get a warrant, absolutely. Even with things so nasty as child porn and terrorism, there is still the need for just cause and due process. Anything else would be tyranny, and not the nation I sword to defend.