According to documents obtained by the ACLU under the Freedom of Information Act, the Department of Homeland Security says they have the right to search laptops and cell phones without a warrant if they are within 100 miles of the US border. This includes all of New Jersey.

 

http://www.aclu.org/...ution-free-zone

http://www.aclu.org/...ution-free-zone

Map of Zone: http://www.aclu.org/constitution-free-zone-map

Good luck searching an encrypted laptop. Unless they rubber-hose the suspect. I dunno, is that legal too?

They can also use your cell phone as a microphone even when it's off! This came to light during an organized crime investigation

They can also use your cell phone as a microphone even when it's off! This came to light during an organized crime investigation

 

THEY are not the only ones that can do so.

According to documents obtained by the ACLU under the Freedom of Information Act, the Department of Homeland Security says they have the right to search laptops and cell phones without a warrant if they are within 100 miles of the US border. This includes all of New Jersey.

 

http://www.aclu.org/...ution-free-zone

 

I couldn't find anything about cell phones or laptops in your link. Can you link to that part? What did I miss?

I couldn't find anything about cell phones or laptops in your link. Can you link to that part? What did I miss?

 

Here's a better description: http://www.aclu.org/technology-and-liberty/fact-sheet-us-constitution-free-zone (you have to click "Fact Sheet" on original link)

Here's a better description: http://www.aclu.org/...ution-free-zone (you have to click "Fact Sheet" on original link)

 

I read that and didn't see anything about warrantless computer and cell phone searches. I'm not trying to be a stick in the mud, but I'd like to see where you read that so I can read for myself.

I read that and didn't see anything about warrantless computer and cell phone searches. I'm not trying to be a stick in the mud, but I'd like to see where you read that so I can read for myself.

 

 

http://www.allgov.co...211?news=847030

 

 

"The Executive Summary of the secret report, which DHS is allowing the public to see, sets forth its conclusions without even summarizing the reasoning underlying them. Thus it asserts that “imposing a requirement that officers have reasonable suspicion in order to conduct a border search of an electronic device would be operationally harmful without concomitant civil rights/civil liberties benefits,” but is silent on how DHS defines “civil rights/civil liberties benefits” or how it balances these against its institutional needs."