i2Coalition Opposes Rule 41 Expansion

The i2Coalition has recently signed on to an industry letter opposing the expansion of an arcane federal rule simply known as Rule 41. The clarifying amendments to Rule 41 would dramatically expand the hacking power of U.S. federal agencies.

You can read more about the issue at: https://NoGlobalWarrants.org

Fellow signees include:

• Access Now
• ACI-Participa
• Advocacy for Principled Action in Government
• American Civil Liberties Union
• American Library Association
• Amicus
• AnchorFree
• Australian Privacy Foundation
• Brave
• Center for Democracy & Technology
• Computer & Communications Industry
• Association (CCIA) Constitutional Alliance
• Data Foundry
• Disconnect
• DuckDuckGo
• Electronic Frontier Foundation Fight for the
• Future Free Press Action Fund Freedom of the
• Press Foundation, creators of SecureDrop
• Demand Progress
• Evernote
• Golden Frog
• Google
• Government Accountability Project Hide My
• Ass VPN Service i2coalition
• International Modern Media Institute Internet
• Archive
• Internet Association IP Justice
• Karisma
• La Quadrature du Net LEAP
• National Association of Criminal Defense
• Lawyers New America’s Open Technology
• Institute Niskanen Center
• Open Media
• Open Net Korea
• PayPal
• Privacy International Private Internet Access
• R Street Institute
• Reform Government Surveillance Restore the
• Fourth Riseup
• Samuelson-Glushko Canadian Internet Policy & Public Interest Clinic SpiderOak
• Tor Project
• Wickr Foundation
• X-Lab

 

The letter is embedded below:

 

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Rule 41 Coalition Letter