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Re:New Zealand travellers refusing digital search now face $... by tamrix on Monday October 01, 2018 @10:55PM (#18118500)
They won't. They'll just keep the phone and send you on your way. You might be lucky if you get it back in 4 months likely never.
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Re:New Zealand travellers refusing digital search now face $... by nextlevelwizard on Thursday October 04, 2018 @04:28AM (#18138100)
In civilized countries stealing is against the law...
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Re:New Zealand travellers refusing digital search now face $... by freeflight on Thursday October 04, 2018 @08:49AM (#18139384)
Civilized countries just call it something else, like "civil forfeiture", and then make it the "law".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_forfeiture_in_the_United...

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