Judge Rules FBI doesnt need warrant to hack computers since the internet is public

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The FBI did not need a warrant to hack a US citizen's computer, according to a ruling handed down on Tuesday by Senior US District Court Judge Henry Coke Morgan, Jr. If the decision is upheld, it may have ripple effects that essentially allow government agencies to remotely search and seize information from any computer in the US without a warrant, probable cause or suspicion, the EFF argues.
suspicion, the EFF argues.

The ruling relates to a worldwide FBI sting dubbed Operation Pacifierthat targeted child pornography sites on anonymity networks such as Tor. The FBI deployed hacking tools across computers in the US, Chile, Denmark and Greece, andcaught 1,500 pedophiles on the Dark Web. As part of Operation Pacifier, authorities briefly seized and continued running a server that hosted the child pornography site Playpen, meanwhile deploying a hacking tool known internally as a network investigative technique. The NIT collected roughly 1,500 IP addresses of visitors to the site.

Judge Morgan, Jr. wrote on Tuesday that the FBI's actions did not violate the Fourth Amendment, which protects US citizens from unreasonable search and seizure. "The Court finds that no Fourth Amendment violation occurred here because the government did not need a warrant to capture Defendant's IP address" and other information from the suspect's computer, he wrote.

"Generally, one has no reasonable expectation of privacy in an IP address when using the internet," Morgan, Jr. said. "Even an internet user who employs the Tor network in an attempt to mask his or her IP address lacks a reasonable expectation of privacy in his or her IP address."


Basically, Morgan Jr. argued, computers are hacked every day and no one should expect privacy while operating online.
Judge says the FBI can hack your computer without a warrant:ohhh::pacspit:

I'm all for catching criminals but wtf? That gives the government the ability to HACK any for any reason
 

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Does that mean their (FBI) computers can get hacked? since it being public and all ????:troll:
 

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i'm just happy to know that the justice system works, and i won't have to worry about any of the alphabet groups abusing this authority..........................that they already had.
 

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if this means if u go to one of those kiddy site u go to jail im all for it:manny::yeshrug:

if this means u can just pop up in my computer for no reason and look at my girls nudes nudes :what: nah
 

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Judge is a moron, he's ancient . Get some new age young breh to make the ruling.

Why is the US upset with China hacking its computers of this ruling is upheld?

It's a two way street . fukk me
 
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