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Main Forums => Politics => Topic started by: Hawkmoon on November 12, 2019, 08:03:39 PM

Title: Maybe the Bill of Rights isn't completely dead
Post by: Hawkmoon on November 12, 2019, 08:03:39 PM

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-privacy/u-s-judge-rules-suspicionless-searches-of-travelers-digital-devices-unconstitutional-idUSKBN1XM2O2

A federal judge in Boston has ruled that CBP agents can't poke into our computers and cell phones without at least a reasonable suspicion based on something other than a hunch.

Title: Re: Maybe the Bill of Rights isn't completely dead
Post by: kgbsquirrel on November 12, 2019, 10:01:24 PM

Speed bump named what?

Title: Re: Maybe the Bill of Rights isn't completely dead
Post by: fifth_column on November 13, 2019, 12:28:22 PM

The federal government already collects pretty darn near all electronic communications as a matter of course.  Just in case someone gets a hunch about someone at some time . . . .