The US Justice Department (DOJ) is seeking a transition in the criminal rules that would make the authorities to have more leeway to secretly hack into the suspected criminals’ computer during criminal investigations at any times in bunches. The proposed [ PDF ] change in the rules would make FBI to easily obtain warrants to secretly access suspects’ computers for the evidence when the physical location of the computer is not known to them. Critics say the change to the law could violate the privacy rights and could weaken overall Internet security.
Source: https://thehackernews.com/2014/05/us-federal-agencies-want-to-secretly.html