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7666

anyway anyone who called me paranoid for wiping my devices prior to leaving/entering the US can go ahead and suck shit now.

https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/24/us-accuses-american-of-allegedly-wiping-his-phone-using-a-duress-password-during-border-search/

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@sun@shitposter.world remote

@7666 you were always right and they were always wrong, this is afaik pretty well established law. you can be searched at a border coming in even if you're american and destroying contents after it's legally requested was already a crime. he can argue this case but this has been argued before and I think they all lost.

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@scathach@stereophonic.space remote

@sun @7666 Feels like there are more exceptions to the fourth amendment than cases where it actually applies at this point

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@7666@comp.lain.la remote

@scathach @sun "unreasonable search and seizure" seems to have been morphed into "well it's always reasonable for THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, THAT'S US, YOU KNOW, to search you!"