Federal Court Rules That Border Agents Need Probable Cause to Search Travelers’ Phones
A federal courtroom in Boston predominate on Tuesday that suspicionless hunt of electronics at U.S. border crossings are unconstitutional , finding that reasonable suspicion of an genuine criminal offense is demand before authority can demand access to cell phones and other machine . Per Ars Technica , U.S. District Judge Denise J. Casper found that “ basic ” searches and seizure of traveler ’ devices ( those that call for authorisation make access to devices without connecting external equipment or downloading files ) violate the Fourth Amendment when conduct without likely causa or a hunting imprimatur ....