The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has been spying on American citizens using various hacking techniques for two decades, yet many details about its data collection practices are still secret, a new report shows.
The hacking history is almost impossible to document, however, because the hacking happens mostly in secret, The Wired magazine reported.
“Search warrants granting permission to hack get issued using vague, obtuse language that hides what’s really happening, and defense attorneys rarely challenge the hacking tools and techniques in court,” the report said.
“As a result, little is known about the invasive tools the bureau, and other law enforcement agencies, use or how they use them.”
The new report shows that the National Security Agency (NSA) isn’t the only agency conducting spying operations.
Countless leaks by American whistleblower Edward Snowden have detailed the highly sophisticated tools used by the NSA to collect…