Federal court says border authorities must show "reasonable suspicion" of wrongdoing before searching laptops or iPads of border-crossers

[Jenna]

A federal appeals court set a higher bar Friday for U.S. border officials who want to search the laptops or iPads of people crossing into the country.The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco, considering the case of a man whose laptop was seized at a port of entry in Arizona, ruled that border authorities must show a "reasonable suspicion" of wrongdoing before digging into electronic devices.

Court Raises Bar on Searches of Laptops at the Border - WSJ.com

[bayern]

Bout time the 9th got something right.