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date: '2017-04-04'
title: 'Lawmakers want to require border agents to obtain a warrant for smartphone searches'
description: "I'd love to see this implemented, but I just can't see it happening."
tags: ['politics', 'privacy']
---

**[Recode:](https://www.recode.net/2017/4/4/15178810/lawmakers-border-agents-warrant-search-smartphone-privacy-data)**

> "By requiring a warrant to search Americans' devices and prohibiting unreasonable delay, this bill makes sure that border agents are focused on criminals and terrorists instead of wasting their time thumbing through innocent Americans' personal photos and other data," [Sen. Ron] Wyden said in a statement.

I'd love to see this implemented, but I just can't see it happening.<!-- excerpt -->
