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Along with @ACLU, we have asked the Supreme Court to hear our challenge to the @DHSgov practice of warrantless and suspicionless searches of travelers’ electronic devices at international airports and other ports of entry. This case is years in the making: eff.org/press/releases…

In Riley v. California (2014), a landmark victory for digital privacy, the U.S. Supreme Court held that the Fourth Amendment requires police officers to get a warrant before searching the cell phones of arrestees. eff.org/document/amicu…

In Riley, the Court reasoned that we have extraordinary privacy interests in the massive amount of sensitive information we carry in our cell phones. caselaw.findlaw.com/us-supreme-cou…

Three years after Riley was decided, EFF and ACLU filed our lawsuit against the federal government on behalf of 11 travelers whose smartphones and other electronic devices were searched without a warrant at the U.S. border. eff.org/document/alasa…

In 2019, a federal judge agreed with us and held that international travelers have significant privacy interests in their digital data, and ruled that suspicionless electronic device searches at U.S. ports of entry violate the Fourth Amendment. eff.org/deeplinks/2019…

The court relied on the robust factual record we developed in discovery, which showed the depth of travelers’ privacy interests, and the lack of any tethering from the government’s asserted interests to their program of warrantless searches. eff.org/document/alasa…

The government appealed. Dozens of civil rights and free speech advocates came together to file seven amicus briefs on our side. eff.org/deeplinks/2020…

Unfortunately, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit ruled against us earlier this year. We stand by our arguments to that court.
eff.org/document/alasa…

In fiscal year 2019, border officers searched over 40,000 electronic devices. This is an eightfold increase from 2012. This practice is unconstitutional. cbp.gov/newsroom/speec…

Now we’ve asked the Supreme Court to carefully consider this systematic end-run around the Constitution, in which border officers search travelers’ electronic devices without a warrant or any suspicion of wrongdoing. eff.org/document/petit…

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