[adonnjohn]

Doesn't this tiptoe the line with a breach of privacy? Once the computer is unlocked, is there anything stopping them from just seizing devices if they want to review data?

[seanmcdirmid]

From my understanding, TSA security isn't customs, so it isn't a constitution suspended zone.

[paulmd]

I would think that you have the right to refuse to show them, and they have the right to refuse to let you through security.

Flying is not a constitutionally protected activity... see, for example, the legality of un-appealable no-fly lists.

[MertsA]

The TSA does it as well, not having any valid justification has never stopped security theater before.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/mar/12/tsa-surveillan...

[seanmcdirmid]

TFA: A TSA spokesman, Matt Leas, declined to comment on the lawsuit but said: “TSA does not search the contents of electronic devices.”

So my guess is that they aren’t supposed to do this, and if a judge ever got the case, the TSA would be in lots of trouble if found doing it.

[atm0sphere]

More info:

https://www.aclu.org/other/constitution-100-mile-border-zone

[AsParallel]

Informative, though I don't think that relates to the TSA.

[atm0sphere]

true, it was more in reference to constitution-free zones.