Courts close the loophole letting the feds search your phone at the border
Courts close the loophole letting the feds search your phone at the border
reason.com Courts close the loophole letting the feds search your phone at the border
Customs and Border Protection insists that it can search electronics without a warrant. A federal judge just said it can't.
Coming from a district court, I think this ruling could be appealed, but it's welcome news nevertheless.
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Note that this really only affects citizens and lawful permanent residents.
If you're not one of those, they "can't force you" to unlock it, but they CAN deny you entry.
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