The border is NOT a constitution-free zone, according to the ruling: No more suspicionless fishing expeditions into travelers’ devices.
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Woman ordered to type in iPhone passcode so police can search device
It’s not a violation of her Fifth Amendment rights, the court said, because it’s a “foregone conclusion” that she knows her phone passcode.
Warrantless laptop seizure at US borders shouldn’t be rubber-stamped, rules judge
In a rare blow to the border exception rule, the judge disagreed that laptops and phones are just “containers” that can be searched like luggage.