Returning from vacation? The government can search your phone without a warrant.
An Argentinian American writer and immigration advocate recently sued the federal government, demanding that it delete data that he believes was copied off of his phone when he re entered the United States earlier this month. According to the seven page $1, Thomas Kennedy said that a Customs and ...
An Argentinian-American writer and immigration advocate recently sued the federal government, demanding that it delete data that he believes was copied off of his phone when he re-entered the United States earlier this month.
According to the seven-page complaint, Thomas Kennedy said that a Customs and Border Protection agent at Miami International Airport physically searched his bags, questioned him about his books and magazines, and then demanded that he hand over his phone.
“[The agent] threatened me, saying that if I didn’t give him my phone, my interrogation was going to take much longer and they could retain my phone indefinitely,” Kennedy wrote. “I felt like I had no choice, so I handed my phone to the CBP agent.”
Source: Ars Technica — fetched automatically.
