A U.S. Citizen Was Detained While Trying to Pay for a Gift for His Daughter

Re:A U.S. Citizen Was Detained While Trying to Pay for a Gif... by wongarsu on Wednesday October 23, 2019 @01:30PM (#21336846)

Their thought was probably "personal phone for normal stuff and burner phone for illegal activities". I would argue carrying two phones (especially if one is very cheap) makes you slightly more suspicious, but it's probably not a very strong signal. Something that warrants a closer look, nothing more.

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Re:A U.S. Citizen Was Detained While Trying to Pay for a Gif... by grawprog on Wednesday October 23, 2019 @02:50PM (#21337609)

I've seen quite a few people carrying a newer fancier phone for actual use and an older less good phone they use basically like an mp3 player.

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Re:A U.S. Citizen Was Detained While Trying to Pay for a Gif... by munk-a on Wednesday October 23, 2019 @04:37PM (#21338723)

Honestly, when warrants get involved then pretty much every objection I would have to the situation in this article gets thrown out. I would assume the warrant is issued in good faith by a judge that considered all the circumstances around the warrant and, thankfully, there are processes to correct warrants issued in bad faith and that will generally result in a fruit of the poisonous tree situation

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