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If I'm reading this correctly, this is only about grabbing someone's laptop when they are leaving the country. Does this in any way affect people who are enteri
by pluma 11y ago
If I'm reading this correctly, this is only about grabbing someone's laptop when they are leaving the country. Does this in any way affect people who are entering the country?
- logfromblammo 11y agoGiven the words "unique circumstances of this case," it is unlikely that this decision was intended to set precedent for anything. It would appear that the court reiterates that searches and seizures at the border needed to be supported by reasonable suspicion, and the examination needed to be limited in scope and duration. It seems like nothing in the statement would stop them from seizing your laptop for two months just because it has a BSD Beastie or a Linux Tux sticker on it. Remember, the suspicion only has to be reasonable to them.