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Rule 41 Amendments Take Effect Today, Expanding Government Hacking Authority

Amended Rule 41 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure took effect today.  The changes authorize magistrate judges to issue warrants to remotely access and search “electronic storage media” outside of their judicial districts, where “technological means” are obscuring the location of the media.  For more on the impacts of the new rule, see this Electronic Frontier Foundation Press Release.