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1. gigel82 · 1789758944 · focus · HN ↗

   This is confusing; what happens to you if you refuse a warantless search of your property?

   I'm a US citizen returning home. Do they just... send me back out of the country? :) I don't suppose they'd have the grounds to arrest me since there is no law that I can see being broken. I suppose they could keep the device until such time that a warrant could be obtained to digitally search / break into the device (but that requires some reasonable suspicion - simply refusing a warantless search isn't it).

   1. rtkwe · 1789760063 · focus · HN ↗

      As a citizen they cannot block you from returning to the country. What they can do however is seize your devices (and briefly your person) and other property.

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