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Fifth Circuit Says Law Enforcement Doesn’t Need Warrants To Search Phones At The Border (www.techdirt.com)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/1899058

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[–] [email protected] 50 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (3 children)

Unfortunately, "the border", as defined in US customs law, extends 100 miles inland from the coast. That covers the entire urbanized eastern and western seaboards, or 2/3 of the US population.

https://www.aclu.org/know-your-rights/border-zone

[–] [email protected] 14 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Holy shit. If I'm mathing correctly, that's like 12% of the entire land mass of the contiguous US.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago

And also where most of the people live.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

It's also where a majority of the population lives.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago (1 children)

They've also been trying to claim that international airports are "external boundaries", and that their power extends 100 out from there. So even "safe" places like, say, Denver or Indianapolis or St. Louis wouldn't be safe if they have their way.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Talk about overreach.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

And into most of Canada :)