>There’s a border patrol show on Netflix and they show a few phones being searched. It’s pretty clear it’s not about terrorists and bad people having bad files in the cloud. It’s about people coming on a tourists visa and working. They’d find all sorts of emails talking a out a job.
Yes, those are non-citizens requesting entry. This sounds like it applies to everyone - including NZ citizens.
And regardless, searches need to be proportional.
Full blown cavity/strip searches at random could cut down on the importation of illegal drugs, but civilized countries require a reasonable suspicion for invasive searches.
They did, at least according to the article. But it's a low hurdle, and cops quickly figure out the script to bypass restrictions like that.
It's no different than the mishandling of trained drug sniffing dogs so that they alert at the handler's command, rather than at drugs/bombs/money/whatever. Countless cars are stripped at border crossing and the side of the road because a cop didn't like someone's attitude.
Yes, those are non-citizens requesting entry. This sounds like it applies to everyone - including NZ citizens.
And regardless, searches need to be proportional.
Full blown cavity/strip searches at random could cut down on the importation of illegal drugs, but civilized countries require a reasonable suspicion for invasive searches.
Why not apply that logic to digital devices?