New Zealand will now fine travellers who do not provide phone passwords when they cross the New Zealand border. Travellers who refuse to provide the password to their mobile device will be hit with a fine of up to $5000. This change to NZ law does not bode well for the New Zealand travel industry with an averse reaction from tourists who will now avoid New Zealand. Previously NZ customs officers could demand that a device be relinquished but not the password to unlock it. The intent of the access is to search the phone file-by-file where customs have a "reasonable cause to suspect" that a search is required. In 2017 a total of 537 searches were carried out. The New Zealand Council for Civil Liberties has objected to the new law describing it as a grave invasion of personal privacy". Travellers have taken to social media to express their opinion on the new law.
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 05 2018, @06:18PM (2 children)
"imply the constitution has finally been rendered actually useless."
that happened in 1861.
(Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 05 2018, @10:05PM
1861? Is that when #CrookedHillary was born?
(Score: 2) by HiThere on Saturday October 06 2018, @05:14PM
That's not clear. IIUC the US Constitution has/had no facility for cancelling membership.
OTOH, it's definitely true that during the CIvil War both sided became more authoritarian and dictatorial than their respective constitutions allowed. And one can argue that the Alien and Sedition acts (1798) were early examples of the US constitution not having any enforcement capabilities.
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