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Re:US Border Patrol says they can create central repository ... by swyx on Sunday August 23, 2020 @01:02PM (#24253301)
> a federal judge in Boston ruled that forensic searches of cell phones require at least reasonable suspicion “that the devices contain contraband.”

outside of illegal porn, what exactly constitutes digital contraband? is this defined anywhere? any well known example cases?

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Re:US Border Patrol says they can create central repository ... by klyrs on Sunday August 23, 2020 @01:07PM (#24253347)
If you hack somebody and steal their data, that'd probably count. If you've exfiltrated confidential data from your employer, that could count. For a time, exporting strong crypto was illegal; we might see a return to that.
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Re:US Border Patrol says they can create central repository ... by TrackerFF on Sunday August 23, 2020 @11:53PM (#24257409)
industrial and state espionage?

Surely if you're traveling with illegally obtained classified information, that's seen as contraband.

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