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FBI, Federal Judge Agree Fighting Botnets Means Allowing The FBI To Remotely Install Software On People’s Computers (www.techdirt.com)

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FBI, Federal Judge Agree Fighting Botnets Means Allowing The FBI To Remotely Install Software On People’s Computers::The ends aren't always supposed to justify the means. And a federal agency that already raised the hackles of defense lawyers around the nation during a CSAM investigation probably shouldn't be in this much of hurry to start sending out unsolicited software to unknowing recipients. But that's the way things work now. As a result…

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[-] jimbolauski@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

This wasn't an urgent crisis, the victims should have been notified before their privacy was infringed upon.

Breaking into someone's computer without their consent is wrong no matter the reason.

Relying on a judge's discression as to what is safe and what is good before you break into someone's computer is a terrible idea. There's a current federal judge that thought Firefox was a search engine, he's one in a pool of federal judges that would be approving FBI requests to fix you computer for your own good.

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