The Effective Assistance of Counsel in the Digital Era Act (S. 5580) is a rule that makes sure the private messages between people in jail and their lawyers are kept safe, like a secret only they can hear, and no one can read them without special permission. Until everything is set up to keep these messages private, people in jail will be told that someone might be looking over their shoulder when they send these messages.

H.R. 10450 is a proposed law that wants to make sure that when people in prison talk to their lawyers using computers, no one can listen in on their private chats. It also explains special rules for when some of this information can be seen by others, like needing a judge's permission.