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Fourth Circuit Rules That Suspicionless Forensic Searches of Electronic Devices at the Border Are Un

Accepted submission by MrPlow at 2018-05-13 09:14:27
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Submitted via IRC for Runaway1956

In a victory for privacy rights at the border, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit today ruled that forensic searches of electronic devices carried out by border agents without any suspicion that the traveler has committed a crime violate the U.S. Constitution.The ruling in U.S. v....

Source: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/05/fourth-circuit-rules-suspicionless-forensic-searches-electronic-devices-border-are [eff.org]


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