BORDER SEARCH EXCEPTION | Electronic Device Seizure at International Ports of Entry

[Edsel]

Sooo…

CIVIL ASSET FORFEITURE AND FLYING THE FRIENDLY SKIES

They can take your cash, just like that. Fascinating, isn’t it? The one - liner says it all… …but you don’t even have to be charged with a crime for them to loot your cash.

www.snipershide.com

Along with “Civil Asset Forfeiture,” which was recently in use…

We now have this.

More nonsense heaped on top of the already intrusive yet ineffectual GWOT interventions.

“Ohhh, it only affects foreigners.”

Suuure…

It's ALREADY affecting Americans.

They want to search your phone or tablet - should you refuse, it’s seized for “further evaluation.”

There are many other amendments beyond the 2nd, just saying.

We think we're patriotic championing the said Amendment, but are probably simply too ignorant to pay attention to the rest

It’s a slippery slope, and we’re rapidly heading there…

 

[Edsel]

 

[Edsel]

I think I’m going to disable all security on my phone and load my choiciest selection of (legal) bum fights, deviant sexual acts, and midget porn.

 

[chevy_man]

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I think I’m going to disable all security on my phone and load my choiciest selection of (legal) bum fights, deviant sexual acts, and midget porn.

Make sure there's no gay dudes going at it. That will take them awhile while they jerk off to it.

 

[Edsel]

This is interesting...

Apparently, it's a true free - for - all for the border types.

HIPAA isn't a reason to not copy your data en bloc.

Seems lawyers and medical professionals guarding your confidential information are not protected...

Meaning, they can share pictures of your hemorrhoids tagged to your birthday and Social Security Number amongst themselves, whilst laughing at your divorce proceedings

 

[Edsel]

This probably won’t matter soon since we’ll all be too poor to travel, anyway

 

[W54/XM-388]

Remember when all the "good folks" begged for "more powers for the government" because of "those bad folks"...

 

[232593]

Semi related

Controversial airport watchlist program terminated by DHS amid weaponization concerns

The Department of Homeland Security is ending the $200 million Quiet Skies program, citing political weaponization concerns.

www.foxnews.com

 

[Edsel]

Semi related

Controversial airport watchlist program terminated by DHS amid weaponization concerns

The Department of Homeland Security is ending the $200 million Quiet Skies program, citing political weaponization concerns.

www.foxnews.com

Betcha said watchlist was simply baked into something much larger, more comprehensive.

 

[Rio Precision Gunworks]

LOL. This has been the case for decades.

Ports of Entry have for decades not been considered governed by many of the protections like the 4th Amendment. There’s tons and tons of judicial history on this.

 

[Edsel]

LOL. This has been the case for decades.

Ports of Entry have for decades not been considered governed by many of the protections like the 4th Amendment. There’s tons and tons of judicial history on this.

Yeeeaaah….

So has the precedent for Civil Asset Forfeiture, it’s ancient.

Just reinterpreted to screw people over in newer ways.

I suppose there are merits to being blissfully ignorant.

 

[Franko]

As was covered above this kind of gestapo bullshit has been going on for far too long. Your options are to open the phone and let them copy your entire life into the database or to tell them that you refuse and let them keep the phone. There is also no guarantee that the phone won't be opened by the Feds later and your info still added to a Fed database or three. Also, never ever let the phone leave your sight because if it does you have to assume that it is now compromised and has Fed issued spyware on it in addition to the contents being stolen.

If you are a US citizen and the folks that want access to the phone are US Customs Officers you might spend some time in detention depending on how uptight the agents are and how badly they want into the phone. If you are a US citizen in a foreign country you have no rights to refuse to open the phone so you could be on the receiving end of some real fuckery.

The safest thing to do is to travel without devices and buy cheap and disposable ones when you get to your destination. Then wipe and destroy them before you leave. That is bit extreme but any other option risks government agents having access to all the things you store in your phone or that your phone has access to.

Finally, this regulation applies within 50 miles of any US border. So theoretically this applies to about 2/3 of all Americans. It's just that law enforcement hasn't decided to really test this yet by randomly grabbing somebody off the street and demanding access to their devices when they happen to be within 50 miles of the border.