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Customs agents need a warrant to search your phone now(www.theverge.com)

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tl;dr: only applies to NY Eastern District, and likely only US citizen can enjoy

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nbailey@lemmy.ca
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The problem is that this also applies within a radius around a “port of entry”. So everybody that lives within about 100 miles of the coast, an airport, or a rail line that crosses a border — which is probably about 80+% of any country.

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Possibly linux@lemmy.zip
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It is definitely not 80% of the US

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Grunt4019@lemm.ee
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Might be 80% of the population of the US.

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Possibly linux@lemmy.zip
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The US has a decently large area. The larger the area the bigger the ratio of are to circumference

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