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CNET: The Government’s Indictment of an Activist Tests Whether You Have a Right to Wipe Your Phone

EPIC · · US Federal · Privacy Law

“It highlights the risks activists face when going through airport security — when federal agents have an opportunity to detain, interrogate or search phones or other devices, Maria Villegas Bravo, a legal counsel at the Electronic Privacy Information Center, told CNET.” “’More and more political activism is done online through conversations with associates and finding like-minded … Continued

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