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Border agents can search cellphones without a warrant or reasonable suspicion

235 points · 198 comments · mmh0000

  1. rdm_blackhole · · focus · HN ↗
    It's the same in other countries like the UK for example.

    You can get stopped at the border, forced to talk to the border agents, you do not have the right to have a lawyer in the room during the interrogation (although you can have one phone call before your interrogation starts), you do not have the right to refuse to answer questions and they will seize your phone and computers and send them back to you later. Also you will have to provide your passwords and pin-codes for your devices.

    This guy went through it last year: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;youtu.be&#x2F;991kRp8KUmo?si=AFfJA3erydfZZFj1" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;youtu.be&#x2F;991kRp8KUmo?si=AFfJA3erydfZZFj1

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