This is a real pitch material from an AI vendor pushing its tool to police and prosecutors, recommending they take a “too long; didn’t read” approach to evidence and investigations.

Does this make you feel safe?

And this Explainer on the convoluted legal landscape of the border search exception:
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This Guide on steps you can take to protect your personal information at the border: cdt.org/insights/pro...

DHS does not need probable cause suspicion to take your phone when you enter the US and fully copy it into its databases. It can then scan through it for any reason, and use AI tools to effortlessly pull up sensitive info

It’s a massive & easily abused loophole for basic 4th Amendment protections

Cellebrite’s AI device scanning and analytics tool also lets users build out contact maps across various communications apps, and create detailed maps of individuals movements based on data within a phone. In a tutorial Cellebrite says it lets police be a “fly on the wall” in your life

What happens when AI tools are applied to this massive database? The prospects are alarming. For example, tools from Cellebrite (which DHS contracts with) allow users to rapidly scan through photo libraries for certain types of images, such as “Money,” “Tattoos,” “Nudity,” “Drugs,” “Screenshots”

Customs and Border Protection has for two straight quarters conducted the highest number of warrantless border searches ever. It maintains a database of tens of thousands of fully cloned electronic devices (all without a warrant), which thousands of DHS personnel can then sift through for any reason