Hacker News
- Dutch Court Rules WiFi Hacking Is Now Legal http://www.pcworld.com/article/222589/dutch_court_rules_wifi_hacking_is_now_legal.html 17 comments
- Catalan: Spain spy chief admits legally hacking some phones https://apnews.com/article/technology-europe-barcelona-spain-hacking-38dcf5392b273f8e8447b0a9f62ed2f5 6 comments worldnews
- They Hacked McDonald’s Ice Cream Machines—and Started a Cold War: Secret codes. Legal threats. Betrayal. How one couple built a device to fix McDonald’s notoriously broken soft-serve machines—and how the fast-food giant froze them out. https://www.wired.com/story/they-hacked-mcdonalds-ice-cream-makers-started-cold-war 31 comments technology
- The Cold War Over Hacking McDonald’s Ice Cream Machines. Secret codes. Legal threats. Betrayal. How one couple built a device to fix McDonald’s notoriously broken soft-serve machines—and how the fast-food giant froze them out. https://www.wired.com/story/they-hacked-mcdonalds-ice-cream-makers-started-cold-war/ 16 comments stallmanwasright
- Call for Legal Safeguards on Police Phone Hacking https://digit.fyi/safeguards-police-phone-hacking/ 7 comments privacy
- Australian law enforcement can new legally hack anyone and circumvent encryption through built in back doors https://www.itnews.com.au/news/australia-gets-world-first-encryption-laws-as-labor-folds-516601 41 comments privacy
- GOP fundraiser subpoenas AP over hacked emails, setting up legal showdown https://www.politico.com/story/2018/05/22/republican-fundraiser-hacked-emails-ap-603404 15 comments politics
- Trump campaign: WikiLeaks posting hacked DNC emails was legal https://www.politico.com/story/2017/10/25/trump-campaign-wikileaks-hacked-dnc-emails-244173 35 comments politics
- Trump campaign: WikiLeaks posting hacked DNC emails was legal http://www.politico.com/story/2017/10/25/trump-campaign-wikileaks-hacked-dnc-emails-244173 398 comments politics
- Proposed Bill Would Legally Allow Cyber Crime Victims to Hack Back http://thehackernews.com/2017/03/hacking-back-hackers.html 6 comments worldnews
- Campaigners bid to delay Rule 41 ‘legal hacking’ bill https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2016/11/21/campaigners-bid-to-delay-rule-41-legal-hacking-bill/ 4 comments politics
- You can now legally hack your own car or smart TV https://www.engadget.com/2016/11/01/dmca-security-hacking-exemptions/ 31 comments technology
- The Government Will Soon Be Able to Legally Hack Anyone https://www.wired.com/2016/09/government-will-soon-able-legally-hack-anyone/ 143 comments technology
- STOP Rule 41 — FBI should not get Legal Power to Hack Computers Worldwide http://thehackernews.com/2016/06/fbi-hack-rule-41.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheHackersNews+%28The+Hackers+News+-+Security+Blog%29 13 comments privacy
- FBI Is One Step Closer To Getting Legal Authority To Hack Computers Everywhere https://motherboard.vice.com/read/supreme-court-approves-rule-41-change-fbi-hacking 3 comments technology
- FBI Is One Step Closer To Getting Legal Authority To Hack Computers Everywhere http://motherboard.vice.com/read/supreme-court-approves-rule-41-change-fbi-hacking 14 comments politics
- FBI Is One Step Closer To Getting Legal Authority To Hack Computers Everywhere https://motherboard.vice.com/read/supreme-court-approves-rule-41-change-fbi-hacking 5 comments privacy
- GCHQ hacking phones and computers is legal, including remotely activating microphones and cameras. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/gchq-hacking-phones-and-computers-is-legal-says-top-uk-court-a6871716.html 217 comments worldnews
- Yes, it's legal to hack your car--for now: Librarian of Congress grants EFF a DMCA exemption http://hackaday.com/2015/10/30/eff-granted-dmca-exemption-hacking-your-own-car-is-legal-for-now/ 36 comments electronics
- It is Now Legal to Hack a Smart TV. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/is-legal-hack-a-smart-834835 25 comments technology
- Experian has been lobbying for CISA, a bill that could give them legal immunity in the event of a hack https://www.youbetrayedus.org/experian/ 16 comments technology
- The UK government has been quietly making it legal for its spies to hack computers http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/uk-government-rewrites-surveillance-law-to-get-away-with-hacking-and-allow-cyber-attacks-campaigners-claim-10253485.html 8 comments technology
- The FBI wants to legally hack you if you're connected to TOR or a VPN http://yro.slashdot.org/story/15/01/20/1540241/fbi-seeks-to-legally-hack-you-if-youre-connected-to-tor-or-a-vpn 1105 comments technology
- FBI Seeks To Legally Hack You If You're Connected To TOR Or a VPN http://yro.slashdot.org/story/15/01/20/1540241/fbi-seeks-to-legally-hack-you-if-youre-connected-to-tor-or-a-vpn?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed 16 comments technology
- FBI Seeks To Legally Hack You If You are Connected To TOR Or a VPN http://yro.slashdot.org/story/15/01/20/1540241/fbi-seeks-to-legally-hack-you-if-youre-connected-to-tor-or-a-vpn 135 comments privacy
- Feds 'Hacked' Silk Road Without a Warrant? Perfectly Legal, Prosecutors Argue http://www.wired.com/2014/10/feds-silk-road-hack-legal 14 comments privacy
- TOR users become FBI's No.1 hacking target after legal power grab http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/09/19/fbi_overseas_hacking_powers/ 93 comments privacy
- ATM hack presentation ditched after legal threats http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/07/06/atm_security_talk_pulled/ 13 comments netsec
- Dubai ruler authorised hacking of ex-wife Princess Haya's phone during legal battle over their two children, High Court finds | World News https://news.sky.com/story/dubai-ruler-authorised-hacking-of-ex-wife-princess-hayas-phone-during-legal-battle-over-their-two-children-high-court-finds-12427532 13 comments worldnews
- Leak: Man Who Bankrolled Brexit Boasted of WikiLeaks Backchannel - Hacked Twitter messages raise legal questions over Cambridge Analytica, undeclared foreign lobbying, and links between Julian Assange and the Brexit and Trump campaign teams. https://www.thedailybeast.com/man-who-bankrolled-brexit-boasted-of-wikileaks-backchannel 5 comments politics
- Israeli spyware firm fails to get hacking case dismissed. Judge orders NSO Group to fight case brought by Saudi activist and pay his legal costs https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jan/16/israeli-spyware-firm-nso-hacking-case 8 comments worldnews
- GCHQ hacking phones and computers is legal, says top UK court - The ruling includes remotely activating microphones and cameras on electronic devices without the owner’s knowledge http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/gchq-hacking-phones-and-computers-is-legal-says-top-uk-court-a6871716.html 31 comments technology
- ISP that challenged GCHQ's hacking lost, its "legal" to remotely activate your mic, cameras without your knowledge http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/feb/12/gchq-hacking-does-not-breach-human-rights-investigatory-powers-tribunal 7 comments privacy
- Test your hacking skills legal to the "Test lab" - the pentest-laboratory, based on a real companies network. https://lab.pentestit.ru/pentestlabs/current 64 comments netsec
- Australian surveillance law will legalize snooping on and hacking the entire Internet http://boingboing.net/2014/08/20/australian-surveillance-law-wi.html 4 comments technology
- Australian surveillance law will legalize snooping on and hacking the entire Internet http://boingboing.net/2014/08/20/australian-surveillance-law-wi.html 3 comments worldnews
- The Jewish Internet Defense Force: Hacking and Censoring whatever they don't like, with no legal repercussions http://www.thejidf.org/2008/08/jidf-worldwide-media-coverage-exposing.html 2 comments reddit.com
- Remember those 12 MILLION Unique Device Identifiers and other personal information that the "FBI" stole? Turns out that it wasn't them at all, but was hacked from a private company that legally obtained all the information. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/11/technology/company-says-it-not-fbi-was-hacking-victim.html 6 comments technology
- Sony wants news organizations to delete data leaked after hack | The movie studio calls the leaked documents "stolen information" and threatened legal action if the files are not ignored and destroyed. http://www.cnet.com/news/sony-demands-news-organizations-delete-leaked-data/#ftag%3Dcadf328eec 6 comments technology
- Legal Experts Say Trump Collusion With Russia Could Be a Crime: Ten lawyers...familiar with federal election and hacking laws, cite more than a dozen federal statutes that prosecutors could use to charge someone who collaborated with Russian intelligence to influence the 2016 election. http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2017/06/sorry-fox-news-legal-experts-say-trump-collusion-with-russia-could-be-a-crime/ 421 comments worldnews