Comment on Man Charged for Wiping Phone Before CBP Could Search It
Zaktor@sopuli.xyz 5 days agoThey have broad latitude to initiate searches, but if there isn’t a specific crime they’re going after you for, you’re not destroying evidence. If they’re just fishing to see what you have in there, then there isn’t evidence being destroyed because they have no way to know whether you erased stuff because you were doing crimes or just didn’t want them to see your nudes.
frongt@lemmy.zip 5 days ago
The standard for a search at a port of entry is lower. I don’t know how much it’s been tested in court, but that’s how they’re operating right now.