Google opposes rule that would give U.S. power to cybersnoop everywhere

A proposed change to an obscure federal rule could grant the U.S. government the power to search computers around the world. And Google isn't too keen on it.

The U.S. Department of Justice wants to change the Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 41, a rule that governs the issuance of search warrants. Currently, a federal judge cannot issue such a warrant outside of his district (with some exceptions), but the new proposal would change this in cases involving computers and computer networks

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Last week, Google filed a comment opposing the change. Read more...

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