Congress Allows Rule Permitting Mass Hacking by Government to Take Effect

Posted: 12/13/2016 | Leave a Comment

In a defeat for privacy advocates, Senate leaders rebuffed a last-ditch effort by a bipartisan group of senators Wednesday to allow a vote to block a new rule that allows federal agents armed with a single search warrant to hack millions of Americans’ computers or smartphones at once.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2016/11/30/congress-allows-rule-permitting-mass-hacking-government-take-effect/94683030/

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