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Second Circuit allows government to search electronic devices at the border

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jchanimal · 1789744960 · focus · HN ↗
Since removing a nation-state rootkit is not structurally possible, how is this any different from requiring the device to be forfeited? If all search == seizure and destruction, does that change the legal basis?
1. dmitrygr · 1789754086 · focus · HN ↗
  > Since removing a nation-state rootkit is not structurally possible,
  on an iPhone, DFU-flash (using apple configurator) reads NO state from the phone and overwrites ALL state. Nowhere for rootkit to live. If you are worried, do that.

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