Sorry if this has been discussed before, but my searches didn’t turn up any references. So my mini-rant…
I see in the news that “Ronald C Kline, a former senior judge from California, was sentenced following a lengthy case involving evidence gathered by illegal hacking”.
Now I agree that jail is where this pervert should be, but I am concerned about the illegal hacking. Some of the evidence used was gathered by a trojan horse hack.
Surely there is enough support in the current surveillance laws to enable legal electronic watching. The s/w may involve trojan horse algorithms but it should be placed there legally with a warrant.
I would hate for a far worse offender than Kline to get off because of illegal surveillance.
And I hate the idea that some hackers may be able to justify their illegal activities because it “may” catch child abuser.
When I was young it was “acceptable” for police to extract a confession by beating a suspect. It has taken 30 years to overcome this “end justifies the means” physical assault excuse, why should we tolerate it in the virtual world?
Your comments please, regards Annette