Forum (Forum & Focus)
Dec. 3, 2008
Hacking Away at The 4th Amendment
Although the U.S. Supreme Court has not yet ruled on the issue of hacker-obtained evidence, the line of Fourth Amendment cases involving technology favors privacy, writes Sagi Schwartzberg. - Forum Column
FORUM COLUMN
By Sagi Schwartzberg The Internet has become a more and more pervasive part of all of our lives. But who is watching us, as we surf the Web, download images and check e-mail? Back in May 2000, Bradley Willman, a Canadian hacker, accessed a home computer belonging to Ronald C. Kline, a California Superior Court judge. What Willman found (and downloaded) were sexually explicit images of minors. Through the use of an Internet watchdog gr...For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
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