[crb002]

Wow. This is crazy unconstitutional. DOJ could seek civil injunction perhaps, but using criminal authority to break into servers without probable cause of any criminal action is crazy bad.

Another good reason to stop using proprietary binaries and instead compile your own source - even if you use code under proprietary copyright. Imagine if France also decided to "help" and bricked your server on accident.

[joenathanone]

So if a criminal is running from the police and breaks into your home to hide, what your saying is that the police shouldn’t go in and remove the criminal from your house because that would mean the police are committing a crime by entering into your home?

[social_quotient]

I think there is a balance here. State run anti virus and malware agency seems also the wrong solution. The issue with granting power in cases like this is that it’s really hard to unwind it. What happens when the FBI wants to remote to your personal laptop to remove an exploit? How do you balance all this?

[IHLayman]

The authorities actually have wide latitude... there was one case where a house was destroyed in pursuit of a fugitive, LegalEagle did a whole show on it: https://youtu.be/Dk8QO6jE5dA

[social_quotient]

Fascinating thx