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If you're crossing an international border into the US, they do.

• DINKDINK 8y ago
  CBP has no such right. The legal structure /supports/ such actions but they have no right. Say it with me "I am not a slave"
• Mizza 8y ago
  Not without "reasonable suspicion"[1]. Even then, I still reject the idea that they have the right. They'd only be doing it despite my protests. They only have the "right" because they have the force, it's not different than any other type of authoritarianism. [1] https://www.propublica.org/article/can-customs-border-protection-search-phone-legal-rights https://www.propublica.org/article/can-customs-border-protec...
  • onetimemanytime 8y ago
    These word games aren't gonna help you or anyone. According to the article you linked to, "CBP says it can conduct these searches “with or without” specific suspicion that the person who possesses the items is involved in a crime." and "The court, however, raised the bar for a “forensic examination” of the devices, such as using “computer software to analyze a hard drive.” For these more powerful, intrusive and comprehensive searches, which could provide access to deleted files and search histories, password-protected information and other private details, border officials must have a “reasonable suspicion” of criminal activity — not just a hunch." So even an Appeals Court gave them the right to do searches. The extensive ones require reasonable suspicion, which I guess can be challenged in court if someone is arrested based on such searches.
    • TheCoelacanth 8y ago
      The Mafia also says that you have to pay them protection money. Just because they have the power to force you to let them doesn't give them the right to do so.