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Returning from vacation? The government can search your phone without a warrant

411 points · 378 comments · rbanffy

Tangurena2 · 1790856629 · focus · HN ↗
> “In [Fiscal Year] 2025, out of the over 419 million travelers CBP processed at ports of entry, CBP only searched the electronic devices of 55,318 international travelers,” the agency wrote, or 0.0013%.
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1. petcat · 1790857424 · focus · HN ↗
  I will be curious to see statistics from past years. I'm wondering if this is a new thing. I'm pretty sure US customs and border patrol have always had this power. I think basically every country exercises this power
  1. anal_reactor · 1790857738 · focus · HN ↗
    The core issue is that on one hand, police needs power to protect the citizens, but at the same time the power might corrupt them.
    usrbinbash · 1790869157 · focus · HN ↗
    That would be a fine argument, if anyone had proof that invasive search practices actually made peoples lifes noticeably safer.
    And yet, almost every single time such practices are implemented, nothing about actual safety changes...but a whole lot about surveillance does.
    "People willing to trade their freedom for temporary security will lose both.
    -- Benajmin Franklin, paraphrased
    anal_reactor · 1790923588 · focus · HN ↗
    > That would be a fine argument, if anyone had proof that invasive search practices actually made peoples lifes noticeably safer.
    El Salvador. Case closed.
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    — Adolf Hitler, as a toddler

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