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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?



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


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.


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...


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.


More info:

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


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


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




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