Article 63PCT US border cops harvest info from citizens' phones, build massive database

US border cops harvest info from citizens' phones, build massive database

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Story ImageTexts, contacts, call logs, photos, and more centrally stored for years without a warrant in sight

US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) "routinely conducts warrantless searches of Americans' devices" every year, in a number of cases downloading texts, photos, call logs, and more into a central database where it's stored for 15 years and searchable by some 2,700 federal employees....

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