The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld a U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling from last year that said officials at U.S. borders must have “reasonable suspicion” of criminal activity in order to run forensic analysis software on travelers’ mobile devices, Wired reports. While agents are allowed to search devices on a whim—just as they would a vehicle—the court upheld the appeals court ruling that using software to “decrypt password-protected files or to locate deleted files” cannot be done without facts pointing to illegal activity, the report states.
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