In a month, an obscure procedural tweak will go into effect allowing the FBI to do hacking on any computer in the world, using a single warrant.
The change approved by the Supreme Court is Article 41 or Rule 41 of the Federal Criminal Procedure Regulation. At this time, if law enforcement authorities want to hacking on a computer, they will have to apply for a warrant that applies to the jurisdiction area of the court in which the computer is located. By changing the rules, they could hack into any computer in the US or the world.
As a bonus, the change will allow law enforcement to freely access and hack into already hacked computers without the need for a warrant. So, for example, if you are infected with a virus, law enforcement will be able to view all your archives you.
It is important to note that this change, while theoretically does not give the FBI any extra responsibilities, makes it easier for agents to watch and chase suspects who are behind a VPN or an anonymous network like Tor.
For example, it will allow researchers with a warrant and not one for each country, or any US state involved, to invade systems all over the world and will allow them without the need for a warrant to search on computers that are infected with malicious software .
Congress has not yet discussed this change, and the new regulations will enter into force on 1 in December, unless lawmakers pass a law banning it. Senators Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Rand Paul (R-KY) have already reacted by asking for the Hacking Mass but they are just two.
His teams Internet are already fighting against the change, and have asked Attorney General Loretta Lynch to make a statement on the matter.
Unfortunately, the US is the culmination of the presidential election, and there is a chance that it will not be discussed by Congress before the deadline. There is still a chance that after the elections could pass a bill, from the new administration.
So the FBI and other law enforcement authorities will be able to carry out hacking at will anywhere in the world based on a single judicial warrant.
But you should not worry because you are not doing something illegal, right?
