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while i disagree on your point sbout duress, you are absolutely correct about this being a legislative issue, not a technology one.
by wheelerwj 10y ago
while i disagree on your point sbout duress, you are absolutely correct about this being a legislative issue, not a technology one.
- fny 10y agoLegally, duress is defined as "any unlawful threat or coercion used... to induce another to act [or not act] in a manner [they] otherwise would not [or would]". Key word there is unlawful. Unfortunately, the Supreme Court has upheld that searching and seizing your device at the border without suspicion or warrant is lawful if done for the public interest. [0] (Insane, no?) Now want to become a purjure? Just sign a form declaring you're giving agents access, and then dump them on a fake screen. [0]: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2016/12/law-enforcement-uses-border-search-exception-fourth-amendment-loophole https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2016/12/law-enforcement-uses-b...