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Keeping The Zombies At Bay: Fourth Amendment Problems In The Fight Against Botnets, Danielle Potter
Keeping The Zombies At Bay: Fourth Amendment Problems In The Fight Against Botnets, Danielle Potter
Washington and Lee Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice
You may not have heard of a botnet. If you have, you may have linked it to election shenanigans and nothing else. But if you are reading this on a computer or smartphone, there is a good chance you are in contact with a botnet right now.
Botnets, sometimes called “Zombie Armies,” are networks of devices linked by a computer virus and controlled by cybercriminals. Botnets operate on everyday devices owned by millions of Americans, and thus pose a substantial threat to individual device owners as well as the nation’s institutions and economy.
Accordingly, the United States government has been …