A New York judge just made a ruling that could set a dangerous precedent: hes decided that US search warrants still apply to email accounts and other digital info, even if theyre stored overseas. US Magistrate James Francis made that decision to make sure a search warrant issued to Microsoft for a users account whose […]
Law enforcement officials legally need to get search warrants when they tap your phone or read your mail but they face no such restrictions on a federal level when it comes to electronic communications. With this in mind, both Google and the Electronic Frontier Foundation have started banging the drum for a campaign aimed at pressuring lawmakers […]
Hosting companies may start deleting MegaUpload users’ content from their servers – regardless of whether or not the content is legal – starting as soon as Thursday, February 2, according to a letter filed in federal court by U.S. Attorney Neil H. MacBride. According to news reports, the letter was submitted on Friday in the […]
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