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- Phone and laptop searches at US border 'quadruple' https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-48118558 119 comments
- ACTA will force border searches of laptops, smartphones for pirated content http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Counterfeiting_Trade_Agreement#Border_searches 191 comments
- EFF asks court to review border laptops-search ruling http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/06/12/groups_ask_court_to_review_laptop_searches_1.html 5 comments technology
- ACLU sues over warrantless border laptop searches http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2010/09/aclu-sues-over-warrantless-border-laptop-searches.ars 5 comments politics
- ACLU challenges US laptop border searches http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/01/16/laptop_border_search/ 21 comments politics
- 1st Circuit Upholds Border Searches of Phones and Laptops https://www.courthousenews.com/1st-circuit-upholds-border-agent-searches-of-phones-and-laptops/ 16 comments politics
- Phone and laptop searches at US border 'quadruple' https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-48118558 22 comments privacy
- The ACLU and EFF are suing Customs over laptop searches at the border https://www.theverge.com/2017/9/13/16301748/border-search-lawsuit-laptop-phone-aclu-eff 5 comments politics
- Lawsuit Seeks Transparency as Searches of Cellphones and Laptops Skyrocket at Borders https://theintercept.com/2017/03/27/lawsuit-seeks-transparency-as-searches-of-cellphones-and-laptops-skyrocket-at-borders/ 9 comments politics
- Government watchdog: Warrantless laptop searches at border are A-OK http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/02/government-watchdog-warrantless-laptop-searches-at-border-are-a-ok/ 7 comments privacy
- Government watchdog: Warrantless laptop searches at border are A-OK http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/02/government-watchdog-warrantless-laptop-searches-at-border-are-a-ok/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28ars+technica+-+all+content%29&utm_content=google+reader 11 comments politics
- Laptop searches by agents at border OK, U.S. judge says http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/laptop-searches-by-agents-at-border-ok-u-s-judge-says-1.2481751 4 comments worldnews
- Court Rules No Suspicion Needed for Laptop Searches at Border https://www.aclu.org/national-security-technology-and-liberty/court-rules-no-suspicion-needed-laptop-searches-border 57 comments sysadmin
- Welcome to America: US Court Rules No Suspicion Needed for Laptop Searches at Border https://www.aclu.org/national-security-technology-and-liberty/court-rules-no-suspicion-needed-laptop-searches-border 6 comments worldnews
- Homeland Security says border laptop searches are legal but won't tell you why http://www.aclu.org/blog/technology-and-liberty-immigrants-rights-national-security/aclu-files-foia-request-unreleased 5 comments politics
- Laptop searches at border might get restricted http://tech.yahoo.com/news/ap/20081208/ap_on_hi_te/tec_laptop_searches 2 comments reddit.com
- What's in a Laptop? Court Ponders Legality of Border Searches http://www.wired.com/politics/law/news/2007/06/laptopsearches 6 comments reddit.com
- US Border Patrol Can Search Your Laptop and Phone for No Reason http://motherboard.vice.com/blog/us-border-patrol-can-search-your-laptop-and-phone-for-no-reason 3 comments politics
- Supreme Court asked to decide when travelers' phones, laptops may be searched at border https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2021/06/22/supreme-court-asked-consider-limits-phone-searches-border/7715394002/ 8 comments politics
- Federal Court Rules Suspicionless Searches of Travelers’ Phones and Laptops at Border Unconstitutional https://www.eff.org/press/releases/federal-court-rules-suspicionless-searches-travelers-phones-and-laptops 12 comments technology
- US border searches of phones and laptops have risen sharply — but Homeland Security won't say why http://www.zdnet.com/article/us-border-searches-of-phones-and-laptops-have-almost-doubled/ 5 comments politics
- Shock! US border cops need 'reasonable suspicion' of a crime before searching your phone, laptop https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/11/12/cbp_device_searches/ 35 comments politics
- ACLU and EFF sue federal government to stop warrantless searches of smartphones, laptops, and other electronic devices at the border https://www.aclu.org/blog/privacy-technology/privacy-borders-and-checkpoints/were-challenging-governments-warrantless 75 comments privacy
- ACLU and EFF sue federal government to stop warrantless searches of smartphones, laptops, and other electronic devices at the border https://www.aclu.org/blog/privacy-technology/privacy-borders-and-checkpoints/were-challenging-governments-warrantless 4 comments technology
- inept Canadian border official searches Oracle exec's laptop for porn http://tkyte.blogspot.com/2007/03/crossing-border.html 108 comments reddit.com
- The ACLU has filed a lawsuit against the US government arguing that searching laptop hard-drives at the border without a warrant is unconstitutional http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2010/09/aclu-sues-over-warrantless-border-laptop-searches.ars?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss 59 comments reddit.com
- Obama lets laptop searches continue: Homeland Security will continue to search laptops, iPods at border crossings. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/27/ar2009082704065_pf.html 5 comments politics
- TSA says it doesn't copy your laptop hard drive and search your files -- that's U.S. Customs and Border Protection. http://www.tsa.gov/blog/2010/01/can-tsa-copy-your-laptop-hard-drive-and.html 97 comments technology
- ACLU files lawsuit against U.S. Customs and Border Protection demanding records about the policy of searching travelers' laptops without suspicion of wrongdoing http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2009/8/26/772693/-surrendering-your-fourth-amendment-rights-at-the-border 14 comments politics
- Great. Now it's official: TSA is allowed to search laptop files on border checkpoints. No probable cause needed http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/null/90325 3 comments reddit.com
- US Federal Judge Rules Citizens Within 100 Miles of the Border Eligible for a Police Check...Including Unwarranted LapTop Searches. http://rt.com/usa/court-upholds-laptop-border-searches-041/ 6 comments politics
- Court Rules No Suspicion Needed for Laptop Searches at Border -- "allows the government to conduct intrusive searches of Americans' laptops and other electronics at the border without any suspicion that those devices contain evidence of wrongdoing" https://www.aclu.org/national-security-technology-and-liberty/court-rules-no-suspicion-needed-laptop-searches-border 37 comments privacy
- Court Rules No Suspicion Needed for Laptop Searches at Border -- "allows the government to conduct intrusive searches of Americans' laptops and other electronics at the border without any suspicion that those devices contain evidence of wrongdoing" https://www.aclu.org/national-security-technology-and-liberty/court-rules-no-suspicion-needed-laptop-searches-border 113 comments politics
- Police shoot U.S. student's laptop upon entry to Israel - Lily Sussman, 21, wrote on her blog that border police subjected her to two hours of questioning and searches prior to shooting her Apple Macbook three times. http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1135243.html 5 comments politics
- people carrying laptops with proprietary business information should know that a government agent has the right to search their computers at the border http://www.dailybreeze.com/ci_9009312 4 comments reddit.com
- Feds say they can search your laptop at the border but won’t say why -- "What is the government’s constitutionally based reasoning for such searches? Frankly, we don’t know. A lot of it is redacted." http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/06/feds-say-they-can-search-your-laptop-at-the-border-but-wont-say-why/ 57 comments technology
- Feds say they can search your laptop at the border but won’t say why -- "What is the government’s constitutionally based reasoning for such searches? Frankly, we don’t know. A lot of it is redacted." http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/06/feds-say-they-can-search-your-laptop-at-the-border-but-wont-say-why/ 60 comments politics
- ACLU: Government Claims Unlimited Discretion to Look Through Your Laptop at the Border: The Government's policies on these searches set no limitations on what it may search or how long it may keep your devices http://www.aclu.org/blog/free-speech-technology-and-liberty/government-claims-unlimited-discretion-look-through-your-lap 186 comments technology
- U.S. government searches of travelers’ cellphones and laptops at airports and border crossings nearly quadrupled since 2015 and were being done for reasons beyond customs and immigration enforcement, according to papers in a federal lawsuit that claims the searches are unconstitutional https://apnews.com/9cab32c02ca4474ea80fa88e16ba7967 5 comments law
- Ex-Mozilla CTO: US border cops demanded I unlock my phone, laptop at SF airport – and I'm an American citizen - Techie says he was grilled for three hours after refusing to let agents search his devices https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/04/02/us_border_patrol_search_demand_mozilla_cto/ 4209 comments technology