Rule 41 and the government’s expanded hacking authority04:33

Host Terrence O’Brien asks the panel (Dana Wollman and Devindra Hardawar) for their help in unraveling changes to Rule 41 that grant the government expansive to new powers to hack into and search computers. The DOJ and FBI say the updated rule is necessary to help them effectively investigate and prosecute criminals in the internet age, but privacy experts are concerned that the powers are too broad and there aren’t enough safeguards in place.

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