Perhaps the biggest question this raises is if it's legal for law enforcement to hack perps. Motherboard's privacy analyst sources note that because the laws surrounding how these types of tools are "extremely unclear" it stands to reason that using RCS is possibly illegal. Given how it's rolled downhill from the intelligence community to law enforcement, there's a fear that it could eventually hit your local police department too. Remember, for law enforcement to do any sort of searches a judge needs to sign a warrant first.

And there's precedent for them smacking this sort of thing down: Judges have intervened and not allowed the FBI to use malware before. Hopefully this can spark a public debate and get the drug agency's use of RCS in front of government officials and formal investigation or reform can begin. Motherboard's piece is an excellent read, so be sure to hit the links below.

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