"Rule 41 makes a suspect out of anyone using a VPN."

Q team - Any plan to deal with the 2016 law that allows U.S. agencies to legally hack any citizen just because he uses a VPN? "The changes to Rule 41 give the FBI unprecedented authority to hack into Americans' personal phones, computers, and other devices."

The new provisions were backed by the Justice Department and approved by the Supreme Court. This ammendment to Rule 41 grants authority to practically any judge to issue a search warrant for a government agency to remotely access a computer that is using privacy-protective tools. People who use Tor or a VPN would certainly be implicated. It might also extend to people who deny access to location data for smartphone apps.

"From a law enforcement agent's perspective, yes, we need these kinds of rules, obviously," said Gail-Joon Ahn, director of the Center for Cybersecurity and Digital Forensics. "Obviously they need some power to access all the evidence in your systems, so that's why they need these kinds of rules."

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