<story><title>The FBI Can Now Legally Hack Everywhere Around the World</title><url>http://saintlad.com/beware-the-fbi-can-now-legally-hack-you-everywhere/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>edblarney</author><text>It&amp;#x27;s not misrepresenting, as it&amp;#x27;s clearly in the context of on e governments laws.&lt;p&gt;It seems rather nefarious, but there is Judicial oversight, meaning they need permission in each instance, which is at least one good thing.</text></item><item><author>sklivvz1971</author><text>&amp;quot;Legally&amp;quot;? Seriously misleading title, a foreign nation state hacking people has not been made legal outside the US at all. It might be legal in the US, but surely it&amp;#x27;s still computer crime where it&amp;#x27;s committed.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>halomru</author><text>Sure, the FBI can legally hack anywhere in the world in the same sense that Russians can hack anywhere outside Russia: it&amp;#x27;s legal in their host country.&lt;p&gt;But if a Russian hacker leaves Russia, or if a FBI hacker leaves the US, they can be prosecuted for those hacks. That&amp;#x27;s not what most people expect as the outcome of a &amp;quot;legal&amp;quot; action.&lt;p&gt;I think &amp;quot;government sanctioned&amp;quot; is the word we usually use for these cases, not &amp;quot;legal&amp;quot;.</text></comment>
<story><title>The FBI Can Now Legally Hack Everywhere Around the World</title><url>http://saintlad.com/beware-the-fbi-can-now-legally-hack-you-everywhere/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>edblarney</author><text>It&amp;#x27;s not misrepresenting, as it&amp;#x27;s clearly in the context of on e governments laws.&lt;p&gt;It seems rather nefarious, but there is Judicial oversight, meaning they need permission in each instance, which is at least one good thing.</text></item><item><author>sklivvz1971</author><text>&amp;quot;Legally&amp;quot;? Seriously misleading title, a foreign nation state hacking people has not been made legal outside the US at all. It might be legal in the US, but surely it&amp;#x27;s still computer crime where it&amp;#x27;s committed.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>sklivvz1971</author><text>Surely you are not suggesting that US laws have any bearing outside of it, correct?</text></comment>