While you were ripping paper off gifts or worried about the “millions” of people pouring across our border or ranting about all those “deplorables” that do not accept Trump…..a small thing was inching its way through the Congressional process…..
Has anyone heard of “Rule #41”?
(I will pause here for a Google search)
I lied….screw Google!
The FBI and other law enforcement agencies will be able to search multiple computers across the country with a single warrant thanks to a controversial rule change that takes effect on Thursday.
The expanded search power, known as “Rule 41,” is intended to make it easier for the FBI to carry out complex computer investigations. Until now, the government could only carry out a search of computers located in the district where the federal judge granted the warrant—typically only a few counties in a given state.
Rule 41 came about as part of a regular review of criminal procedure conducted by a conference of federal judges. After several years weighing the rule and a public comment period, the conference then submitted the suggested rule change to the Supreme Court, which then approved it to go into effect on Dec. 1.
(fortune.com)
If you really want to know about the “Rule”…then read it for yourself…….
Source: preliminary-draft-proposed-amendments – proposed-amendment-rule-41.pdf
Maybe paying attention would be better than worrying about something that has NOT happened and may never…..
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year….suckers!
And to think… some people were worried about Russian hackers!! LoL We have plenty of home-grown ones!!
I cannot believe that there has not been more outrage at this turn….
Interesting, but it doesn’t apply to me. My files are encrypted locally then synced with the cloud using the encrypted format (stored encrypted). I also use an encrypted email service based in Switzerland. Just because I have nothing to hide doesn’t mean that I should surrender my privacy, so I protect myself online.
A wise person….
While I applaud your foresight, it is too late. They already know how to get past such encryption. Moreover, Google, FB, and the other social media have cooperated with them, by providing many of the necessary key algorithms needed to do so…
There’s also the TOR network, of which there are still secure areas; but, they’re in there, as well, and won’t quit until they can access it all….
The only solution at this point is to learn to program, and write your own programming language, which you can then encrypt beyond their ability to access…by, essentially, operating off-grid, but, with the ability to cross-platform to access the internet as it exists…
Just for a hopeful note, I know at least one programmer who has written a piece of code, which, if released, would make a simple change that would bring down every network to which it had access, with one command given at the root….
They’re good, but, they don’t know it all, yet…
gigoid, the dubious
Well I am normally pretty much “On the ball” when it comes to undestanding things but I am afraid somebody is going to have to spell this one out for me.
John read the link to the proposal…it will help
I opened the link and it is a PDF document and the legal language throws me for a loop.
If this rule change is not stopped, anyone who is using any technological means to safeguard their location privacy could find themselves suddenly in the jurisdiction of a prosecutor-friendly or technically-naïve judge, anywhere in the country.
It significantly expands the hacking capabilities of the United States government without any discussion or public debate by elected officials. If members of the intelligence community believe these tools are necessary to advancing their investigations, then this is not the path forward. Only elected members of Congress should be writing laws, and they should be doing so in a matter that considers the privacy, security, and civil liberties of people impacted.
Did that help?
Yes, Chuq — It helped a lot — except it made me a little nervous.
we all need to be nervous…it is getting worse as each year passes….
LOL LOL LOL love the cartoon <3
Me too…I just had to use it at first chance….chuq
I’m still laughing days after when I look at it 😀
I glad it was amusing….did I hear right/ The PM of Kososvo was arrested? chuq
We have a similar law here. No privacy left online now. If there ever was any to begin with…
Regards, Pete.
People need to pay attention or they will lose more than their privacy…chuq