digital privacy

An immigration advocate is suing US border agents after they demanded access to his cell phone when he returned from travel abroad. The lawsuit challenges the long-standing claim that searches of devices at the border do not require a warrant, a policy that lets officials inspect Americans' personal phones without the probable cause normally required. Legal observers say the case could test the limits of the border search exception to the Fourth Amendment, which privacy advocates argue was never meant to cover digital data.

Benjamin Netanyahu is drawing attention after a claim that he said it is possible to hack into any iPhone and plant false evidence on the device. The remark, circulating widely online, has prompted discussion about surveillance capabilities, digital forensics, and the implications for privacy and legal evidence if phones can be manipulated in this way.