This webinar draws from legal and technological expertise to ensure that the defense community is prepared to challenge hacking as an investigative technique. The webinar also addresses the technological aspects of government hacking and the changes to Rule 41 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure that open the door to wider use of government hacking.

Over the past several years, the government has increasingly turned to hacking and malware as an investigative technique. The Federal Bureau of Investigation has begun deploying software designed to infiltrate and control, disable, or surveil a computer's use and activity. The ACLU created a guide, to which NACDL and EFF contributed, that sets out key legal arguments and strategies for challenging evidence seized by government-installed computer malware. [Released March 2017]

Brief of Amici Curiae Electronic Frontier Foundation, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, ACLU of Wisconsin, Inc., and the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in Support of Defendant-Appellant.

Brief of Amici Curiae Electronic Frontier Foundation and the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in Support of Defendant-Appellant.

Brief of Amici Curiae Electronic Frontier Foundation and the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in Support of Defendant-Appellant.