An Appeals Court panel has ruled that federal agents can legally search through travelers’ cell phones without reasonable suspicion, probable cause, or a warrant when they cross an international border.
An Appeals Court panel has ruled that federal agents can legally search through travelers’ cell phones without reasonable suspicion, probable cause, or a warrant when they cross an international border.
They’ve held that border exception for a long time, 100 miles I think it was. I believe it was always meant to be actually crossing a border but in theory they’ve held it applying to anyone in the area.
As a general practice if crossing the US border, save everything before arriving to a cloud host you trust, wipe it clean, and re-download after.
I believe it’s 100 miles from any border or entry point. Entry points include international airports and water ports. In other words, damn near anywhere.
See I keep hearing that, but never actually heard of this happening…
It would be nice if modern phones let you image the whole disk like you would with a PC. I tire of phone maintenance every time I travel. I like to travel with minimal apps and data in case my phone gets stolen or lost. But I almost wish I could snapshot my phone and apps right after setting everything up and make images for travel and everyday driver use. I think this was possible with root back in the day, but Graphene doesn’t give you root.
… and after arriving. Have to load a minimal image. So this causes a major tax and inconvenience upon everyone. Tax after tax after tax.
Those who are a patriot are a curiosity. Their speech can be reduced and measured in whines/hr
At a certain point spyphones are just an inconvenience.