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Mustachius_Grumpius@thelemmy.club to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day ago

No Warrant Needed: Border Agents in NY, CT, and VT Can Now Search Your Phone

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No Warrant Needed: Border Agents in NY, CT, and VT Can Now Search Your Phone

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Mustachius_Grumpius@thelemmy.club to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day ago
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Border agents at JFK can now search your phone without a warrant or suspicion, following a 2026 Second Circuit ruling that affects all travelers.
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    The Knight First Amendment Institute argued as amicus that searching expressive and associational content on phones demands a First Amendment warrant. The Second Circuit rejected that argument, holding that neither the Fourth nor the First Amendment carves out a special exemption for phones at the border.

    Wow. Yeah… We all need shitty travel phones with very little on them now. That’s fucking gross.

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      The Second Circuit rejected that argument, holding that neither the Fourth nor the First Amendment carves out a special exemption for phones at the border.

      Could it be because the technology was still 250 fucking years away?

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        That was my question too…

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      The Second Circuit rejected that argument, holding that neither the Fourth nor the First Amendment carves out a special exemption for phones at the border.

      The second circuit used the right argument but somehow came to the wrong conclusion. The 4th carves out no special exemption, meaning you need a warrant.

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        Conservatives are pathological liars by nature. They re-define words to suit their immediate needs. Never trust a conservative. Never.

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        Task failed successfully?

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      We all need shitty travel phones with very little on them now.

      Or don’t travel there.

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        I unfortunately live in this cesspool of a country

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      Or don’t travel with a phone at all. Take a digital camera and use that for pictures.

      Anything else, just buy a used phone at your destination and load all your accounts on that, then delete and reset your phone and sell it before you leave

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        You realize these powers extend within 100 miles of any border?

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          Two-thirds of the U.S. population lives within this 100-mile border enforcement zone, including cities like Washington D.C., San Francisco CA, Chicago IL, New Orleans LA, Boston MA, & more.

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            Doesn’t it also include international airports and waterways?

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              Yes it does

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              I don’t know, but if the 100 mile rule applies to international airports and waterways it would probably change that 2/3 of the population to something like 9/10.

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          Including waterways.

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            And airports

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              That’s like most of the populated areas

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        Take a digital camera and use that for pictures.

        They’ll search that too! Take an analog camera instead. At least that way you get the film developed for free ;).

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          If by “developed” you mean “opened and exposed to the light” then yes

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          use one that requires a dark room.

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