The US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agency published a new guideline containing updated procedures for searching travelers’ electronic devices at US borders. CBP claims these searches are necessary to fight terrorist activity, child pornography, violations of export controls, intellectual property rights violations, and visa fraud. The new rules say that CBP agents must prove there’s a reasonable suspicion of criminal activity or a “national security concern”” to carry out an Advanced Search. Privacy advocates aren’t happy
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