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Bladewire · 07-16-2016, 11:24 AM

I'm pretty shocked you think this will go to the supreme court & get overturned?

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NORFOLK, Va. (AP) ? The search warrant investigators obtained before hacking a Newport News man?s computer during a child pornography sting was not only legal, authorities would have been within their rights to hack the computer without it, a federal judge ruled.

Because computer hacking is commonplace and data about people?s online usage goes to internet providers already, 24-year-old Edward J. Matish did not have any ?reasonable expectation of privacy? to his home computer, the Daily Press of Newport News reported, citing last month?s ruling from U.S. District Judge Henry Coke Morgan Jr.

In a ruling that is garnering interest in legal circles nationally, Morgan denied requests by Matish?s lawyers to suppress the evidence in the case, saying assertions that the warrant was overly broad are irrelevant.

?The Government must be allowed to utilize its own advanced technology to keep pace with our world?s ever-advancing technology and novel criminal methods,? Morgan wrote in his 58-page ruling on June 23.

07-16-2016, 11:24 AM
Bladewire StraightBro Industry Role: Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Monarch Beach, CA USA Posts: 56,229	New Federal Ruling: Warrant not necessary for police to hack your computer I'm pretty shocked you think this will go to the supreme court & get overturned? --- NORFOLK, Va. (AP) ? The search warrant investigators obtained before hacking a Newport News man?s computer during a child pornography sting was not only legal, authorities would have been within their rights to hack the computer without it, a federal judge ruled. Because computer hacking is commonplace and data about people?s online usage goes to internet providers already, 24-year-old Edward J. Matish did not have any ?reasonable expectation of privacy? to his home computer, the Daily Press of Newport News reported, citing last month?s ruling from U.S. District Judge Henry Coke Morgan Jr. In a ruling that is garnering interest in legal circles nationally, Morgan denied requests by Matish?s lawyers to suppress the evidence in the case, saying assertions that the warrant was overly broad are irrelevant. ?The Government must be allowed to utilize its own advanced technology to keep pace with our world?s ever-advancing technology and novel criminal methods,? Morgan wrote in his 58-page ruling on June 23.