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The 4th Circuit Says Border Agents Can Search Your Phone By Hand, No Suspicion Required
cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/tech/p/1281688/the-fourth-circuit-says-border-agents-can-search-your-phone-by-hand-no-suspicion-require
www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/07/fourth-circuit-says-border-agents-can-search-your-phone-hand-no-suspicion-required
Electronic Frontier FoundationThe Fourth Circuit Says Border Agents Can Search Your Phone By Hand, No Suspicion RequiredLegal intern Suzanne Castillo was the principal author of this post.The Fourth Circuit issued a disappointing opinion in U.S. v. Belmonte Cardozo, a case in which EFF filed an amicus brief, alongside the national ACLU, its Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia affiliates, and the...