Tag: search warrant
  • Sep 23, 2016 |
  • Caleb Chen |
  • General Privacy News, Governments,

EFF to law enforcement (and judges): Please remember that an IP address is not enough evidence for a search warrant or subpoena

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has released a whitepaper titled: Unreliable Informants: IP Addresses, Digital Tips and Police Raids. The EFF asks law enforcement to consider IP address “evidence” as nothing more than a rumor floating around the Internet and to please “conduct additional investigation to verify and corroborate the physical location” before applying for … Continue reading “EFF to law enforcement (and judges): Please remember that an IP address is not enough evidence for a search warrant or subpoena”

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  • Jul 19, 2016 |
  • Caleb Chen |
  • General Privacy News, Governments,

US Department of Justice seeks to overturn recent Microsoft ruling; allow search warrants to be served internationally

In spite of a recent court ruling to the contrary, the US Government still wants to serve search warrants to companies outside of its legal national jurisdiction. According to a report by the WSJ, The Obama Administration recently revealed that they had been working on these agreements for some time, and the first such search … Continue reading “US Department of Justice seeks to overturn recent Microsoft ruling; allow search warrants to be served internationally”

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