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This issue has nothing to do with Trump's executive order. The Verge does a neat job of confusing the two - I believe intentionally - but the rule that devices
by ptaipale 10y ago
This issue has nothing to do with Trump's executive order. The Verge does a neat job of confusing the two - I believe intentionally - but the rule that devices can be searched at the border is much older.
http://www.dailydot.com/layer8/supreme-court-phone-warrant-us-border/ http://www.dailydot.com/layer8/supreme-court-phone-warrant-u...
This is not Trump, Obama or even Bush; the US Supreme Court decision is from 1997.
Then there is that questioning about social media accounts. That also isn't by Trump administration, it was Obama, last year.
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/12/foreign-travelers-social-media-232930 http://www.politico.com/story/2016/12/foreign-travelers-soci...
Sure, call a spade a spade, but spade is not trump now. (Is this rubber bridge or what?)