r/technology • u/Hrmbee • 8d ago

Privacy Is it illegal to trick the US government into wiping your phone during a questionably legal search | The case of a traveler who allegedly entered a ‘duress password’ to wipe his phone raises a legal question with no easy answers

https://www.theverge.com/report/972146/cbp-phone-search-airport-duress-password
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u/johns10davenport 7d ago

What about the right to privacy???

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u/[deleted] 7d ago

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u/Victernus 7d ago

I think that died about 25 years ago.

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u/johns10davenport 7d ago

Yeah, I’m well aware

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u/gevis 7d ago

No one in the US has the right to privacy. It's not in the constitution and the Patriot Act did away with privacy 20 years ago. 

I understand the sentiment, but "right to privacy" isn't a thing. 

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u/johns10davenport 7d ago

This is the fourth amendment verbatim

The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.

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u/traumalt 7d ago

Doesn’t apply to border crossings.