EFF's Fight to End Warrantless Device Searches at the Border

Re:EFF's Fight to End Warrantless Device Searches at the Border by lovich on Monday January 29, 2018 @08:57PM (#16262301)

Do you have a reasonable chance? It seems that unless you are already wealthy, or get a powerful entity to back you up like the EFF or Peter Thiel, that you have very little chance of even having your day in court.

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Re:EFF's Fight to End Warrantless Device Searches at the Border by tehlike on Tuesday January 30, 2018 @01:33AM (#16263315)

This is why we have nonprofits like eff. Individual cases are one thing, but collective cases make it more powerful for defending rights.

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Re:EFF's Fight to End Warrantless Device Searches at the Border by lovich on Tuesday January 30, 2018 @08:31AM (#16265071)

I understand that's why these non profits have spring up, but I don't think their existence means you have a reasonable chance in our legal system. They simply don't have the resources to help everyone

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Re:EFF's Fight to End Warrantless Device Searches at the Border by tehlike on Wednesday January 31, 2018 @12:50AM (#16271764)

I know, it's a tough question. Ordinary citizens are unlikely to sue government individually. And i am aware EFF doesn't have infinite resources. I prefer them fighting at higher level than individual cases. Cases like encryption being unlawful etc are more important for democracy/freedom than my inconvenience at the border for example.

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Re:EFF's Fight to End Warrantless Device Searches at the Border by lovich on Wednesday January 31, 2018 @12:27PM (#16275538)

All of that is reasonable but I was replying to the poster who stated that people still have a reasonable chance in our system. I don't believe that is true any longer, if it ever was

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