FYI
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Subject: Re: [tor-talk] Javascript exploit
Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2016 14:39:26 -0500
From: Roger Dingledine <arma(a)mit.edu>
Reply-To: tor-talk(a)lists.torproject.org
To: tor-talk(a)lists.torproject.org
On Wed, Nov 30, 2016 at 02:28:52PM -0500, Roger Dingledine wrote:
> * The blog post about the 6.0.7 Tor Browser update will go up any
> moment. I see that the Tor Browser team has already put the packages in
> https://dist.torproject.org/torbrowser/6.0.7/
And there it is:
https://blog.torproject.org/blog/tor-browser-607-released
--Roger
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DailyDot:
"An effort to block expansion of government hacking powers failed on
Wednesday, ushering in a new era of uncertainty for digital privacy.
Sens. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and John Cornyn (R-Texas) attempted to block
changes to Rule 41 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, approved
by the Supreme Court in April, that will allow judges to issue search
warrants that give the FBI authority to remotely access devices in any
jurisdiction, or even outside the United States. Ordinarily, magistrate
judges may only issue warrants for cases within their jurisdiction.
The changes allow investigators to access devices whose locations are
“concealed through technological means”—such as the Tor anonymity
network or virtual private networks (VPNs)—or devices that are used in
botnets.
The DOJ argues that it needs these powers to investigate modern internet
criminals, like pedophiles who conceal their identities to trade in
sexualized images of children or discuss their abuse, and hackers'
botnets that have become powerful cyberweapons.
In short, the rule changes free federal investigators from geography to
match the global nature of the internet itself..."
More, and links:
https://www.dailydot.com/layer8/rule-41-fbi-hacking-powers-expansion/
