You’re returning home after a long trip. You’re exhausted, jetlagged, and perhaps irritated because of the lineup at border control. If it’s an overseas flight, you probably slept in your seat – and it shows.
If the federal government gets its way, your fatigue could give border agents a “reasonable general concern” – a made-up standard allowing them to pull you aside without cause and search your emails, browsing and search history, banking, legal or health records and anything else stored or accessible on your phone, tablet or laptop.
