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Homeland Security details new tools for extracting device data at US borders:
Travelers heading to the US have many reasons to be cautious about their devices when it comes to privacy. A report released Thursday from the Department of Homeland Security provides even more cause for concern about how much data border patrol agents can pull from your phones and computers.
In a Privacy Impact Assessment dated July 30, the DHS detailed its US Border Patrol Digital Forensics program, specifically for its development of tools to collect data from electronic devices. For years, DHS and border agents were allowed to search devices without a warrant, until a court found the practice unconstitutional in November 2019.
In 2018, the agency searched more than 33,000 devices, compared to 30,200 searches in 2017 and just 4,764 searches in 2015. Civil rights advocates have argued against this kind of surveillance, saying it violates people's privacy rights.
[...] The DHS said the privacy risks of using the tools are low because only trained forensics technicians will have access to the tools, and only data relevant to investigations will be extracted.
That assurance is in stark contrast from what lawyers from the American Civil Liberties Union and the Electronic Frontier Foundation found, after a lawsuit revealed that agents had searched through travelers' devices without any restrictions, and often for unrelated reasons like enforcing bankruptcy laws and helping outside investigations.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by Aegis on Friday August 14 2020, @02:14PM (1 child)
Notice how this post is not a wall of text and only covers one topic. Also notice how much better it is being received. That's not a coincidence.
(Score: 2) by jmichaelhudsondotnet on Sunday August 16 2020, @01:20PM
Fair assessment. I try.
Thank you for saying something constructive, in a sea of the opposite.
I have a lot of information to share that is being suppressed, if it seems like a firehose, that is how bad the situation really is.
I made a new meme it is not archived yet and i dont feel like it now, but imagine cnn and fox are wicker men, and they are destroying the united states by making them light each other on fire. As we speak. So it is the time to speak up or forever hold your peace.
People trying to hold the middle together like me are their worst enemy, and must be perceived as the radical by the masses. If I err in sharing too much information, it is because the situation is dire, and if it is the only tool I have to overburden t he enemy, that is what i will do.