Update: Border search and seizure of laptops are permissible
Over two months ago, we reported that the US can legally search and seize laptops at border crossings, with reason or warrants.
Now, actual cases of use of this law are coming to light.
“One [person...] has been waiting for a year to get her laptop and its contents back, [...] it was randomly seized. And since [the owner] hasn’t been arrested, I assume [the owner] was just a regular business traveler, not a criminal.”
This is a really scary law considering They don’t need probable cause to perform these searches under the current law customs agents don’t need probable cause to perform these searches.
Do you think that this law is a necessity to protect our country, or another excuse for the government to pry into personal business?
