The border is NOT a constitution-free zone, according to the ruling: No more suspicionless fishing expeditions into travelers’ devices.
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California nixes warrantless search of digital data
California police will no longer be able to get their hands on phone or other digital data about users without a warrant.
California passes law requiring warrant to search computers, cellphones and tablets
The hodgepodge of US state and federal laws about phone search, some of which say the law needs a warrant and some of which say they don’t, just got a bit messier.
Police can access phone location data without a warrant, US court rules
The decision leaves the country stuck with a mishmash of laws and privacy advocates who hope that the Supreme Court takes on the issue.
Australian police using tower dumps to slurp mass phone data
Australian federal and state police have joined the ranks of mega-data slurpers – namely, the US, where 1 in 4 law enforcement agencies have reportedly used a “tower dump” – ordering phone providers to hand over personal information about thousands of mobile phone users, regardless of whether or not those people are under investigation.
Facebook’s facing a losing battle to protect users’ privacy
Last year, prosecutors in Manhattan held Facebook up by the ankles and shook out personal data on 381 users. A judge last week said that it’s up to the targeted users to complain about privacy invasion, not data-repository Facebook. But how are they supposed to stand up for their rights if they’re never told about the sealed warrants to begin with? 
US court finds warrantless tracking of mobile phones unconstitutional
In what the ACLU calls a “huge victory”, an appeals court on Wednesday ruled that such warrantless search violates the US Constitution. 