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"[...] Since 1953, the US Department of Justice has defined the border to be anywhere within 100 miles of the actual national limits.[...] According to the Amer
by TowerTall 2mo ago
"[...] Since 1953, the US Department of Justice has defined the border to be anywhere within 100 miles of the actual national limits.[...] According to the American Civil Liberties Union, about two-thirds of the people in the US live within 100 miles of a border. So in theory these 200 million border zone dwellers could have their phones seized and searched at any time by CBP agents without a warrant.[...]"
From the register (2023)
https://www.theregister.com/security/2023/06/01/us-court-finds-that-border-phone-searches-need-a-warrant/909851 https://www.theregister.com/security/2023/06/01/us-court-fin...
- causal 2mo agoIirc this does not allow for warrantless home searches, so they can’t just waltz into your house and demand your phone. 100 miles is still wild tho.
- ant6n 2mo agoMaybe there could be some hack to create more borders within the United States, so that perhaps 90% of the population could live within 100 miles of the border. For example, declaring the middle of some lakes to be non-territorial waters? Could be another one of those fun exercises in legal hacking to build tyranny that people in the US seem to be so fond of.