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FBI’s Plan to Expand Hacking Power Advances Despite Privacy Fears

Posted on March 16, 2015June 30, 2025 by Dissent

Dustin Volz reports:

A judicial advisory panel Monday quietly approved a rule change that will broaden the FBI’s hacking authority despite fears raised by Google that the amended language represents a “monumental” constitutional concern.

The Judicial Conference Advisory Committee on Criminal Rules voted 11-1 to modify an arcane federal rule to allow judges more flexibility in how they approve search warrants for electronic data, according to a Justice Department spokesman.

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