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RE: Is Our Fourth Amendment Right Vanishing in the Digital Age?
Great posting sadly there is an exception to the rule and even sadder is it extends 100 miles which is where 90% of the US population lives. Normally people think of the border as just where you cross into the country but the government considers the first 100 miles from any border within the exception zone.
https://www.eff.org/wp/digital-privacy-us-border-2017#default-privacy-rule
I know... I've reading into all the horror stories of boarder patrols confiscating phones and laptops... There was this one article I came across where they made people release their social media login information to pass through border control. it's horrifying so unlawful. This an informative link though, I didn't realize that there was an actual "border search exception" law that had been implemented! Thanks for sharing
here's the article I was referring to: https://theintercept.com/2017/01/14/complaints-describes-border-agents-interrogating-muslim-americans-asking-for-social-media-accounts/