The ACLU posted
this summary today.
From the link:
...The Supreme Court recognized this reality when it ruled in 2014 that the Constitution requires the police to obtain a warrant to search the smartphone of someone under arrest....
Does that case apply to CBP? CBP has the authority to make arrests. It seems illogical that a citizen would have more protections after an arrest than before an arrest. Also, IANAL.
Originally Posted by
jphripjah
If I were a CBP officer, before any search of a passenger's phone, I would ask the passenger "Have you deleted any data, apps, emails, or photos from this phone in anticipation of your arrival in the USA?"
Consider what you would do if asked that. Lie to the officer? That's a felony.
Before a vacation, I usually transfer photos from my phone to an external hard drive simply to make more room for new photos.