GoatSynagogue

I would assume they will have added a new set of settings or an app for lease providers that gives them the ability to perform these actions on registered phones.

There’s no reason to assume that just any old third party will be able to brick your phone that you bought outright, any more than there already was - which there wasn’t.

It’s just straight up fear mongering. It’s like saying that a work issued and managed laptop being able to be wiped remotely if lost means everyone should be scared that their personally bought laptops can be remotely wiped by anyone at any time.

Read the comment I replied to mate. Specifically talking about contracts that include phone repayments.

What do you think happened if you didn’t pay your monthly phone contract payment?

Buying is not any less of an option. They’re just adding other non-ownership options.

Ownership isn’t being removed though, because you don’t own it when you’re leasing it. You can still just buy one if you want to, but leasing can be a good option.

Perfectly fair, yet I’m expecting people in here will dislike it.

You think they can deny a US citizen entry into the US?

No it doesn’t. People like you who want to bring politics into everything try to make it about politics though.

Why try and bring politics into this? That train of thought you just showed points to a lack of intelligence, such I guess must mean you’re “MAGA”, right?

We’re also talking about the 100 mile border zone though, not just airports. As you say, airports have different rules that allow searches.

We’re not just talking about airports though, but yes I agree on airports.

Supply and demand is why hardware prices are rising, nothing more.

How stupid are these kids to not even check the answer? That’s the biggest issue here lol

Oh I was more talking about the mobile phone checking then just a physical search of a car. Random car searches make sense as a deterrent.

Yeh that’s very different to saying they can in the whole 100mil area.

At an airport or actual border crossing yeah, I can understand that. They’d only be doing it when they have a big suspicion of something, at least you’d hope. According to them it’s like 0.01% of people a year.

They can’t deny a US citizen entry to the US.

I doubt it would be grounds for turning away a legal visitor, though you would have to have a way to challenge it.

Not without probable cause or your consent it’s not.

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

They’re not allowed to do warrantless searches.

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

To do a search they need probable cause, your permission, or a warrant.

Yeah it’s like having never had a single sip of alcohol but doing a u-turn and driving off when you see police doing mobile breathalysers. It looks suspicious as fuck, and the police will treat it as such until they’ve investigated and found you didn’t do anything wrong. You’re basically giving them “probably cause”.

They can’t search your property without a warrant, probable cause, or your permission.

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

• An immigration officer also cannot search you or your belongings without either “probable cause” or your consent. If an agent asks you if they can search your belongings, you have the right to say no.