cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/1899058
Archived version: https://archive.ph/OfNYb
Archived version: https://web.archive.org/web/20230825183014/https://www.techdirt.com/2023/08/25/fifth-circuit-says-law-enforcement-doesnt-need-warrants-to-search-phones-at-the-border/
Talk about burying the lede, the plantiff in this case was a fucking immigration lawyer and used to work for the DHS who got his attorney client privilege denied and got forensically searched (meaning they copied his data). This is insane gestapo shit. They knew who he was. https://www.themalikfirm.com/about/adam-a-malik2/