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I doubt it. They’d likely win in court as the laws applicable at the border are not the same as the rights you have being stopped on the street. Now if the tri

by koolba 8y ago

I doubt it. They’d likely win in court as the laws applicable at the border are not the same as the rights you have being stopped on the street. Now if the trial itself leads to public outcry to change those rules that’d be great but as it stands now I think she’d lose.

kodablah 8y ago
But is it worth the risk of bubbling up to a court that wants to make a precedence-setting stance against, say, the practice of copying/storing the data when the feds will have little to gain if they win?
- koolba 8y ago
  Setting precedent by winning one court case would be a lot cheaper than settling N copy cat lawsuits.
  - kodablah 8y ago
    True. But all that does is tell the system that each abuse is $X settling dollars instead which, while it might reduce the practice, won't stop it.