Cyber Warrants

The law provides suspects with a right to privacy as well as a safeguard to illegal search and seizures in the form of search warrants. While traditional search warrants must specify what can be searched, which makes everything else off limits without obtaining additional warrants, it creates a problem for cyber-related searches. In the case of cyber warrants, just as with traditional warrants, there must be probable cause to issue a warrant. If the probable cause can be established, such as an advertisement concerning the suspect for illegal activity such as child pornography, then the warrant can be issued for a search and seizure of the suspect’s computer. While in this case, it is legal within the constraints of the warrant to obtain the