This is probably the correct conclusion to arrive at, at least at this point in extremely limited jurisprudence, but it still raises some questions courts will likely have to confront in the future…
The seizure of the devices happened with appropriate warrants, the actual search was done with appropriate warrants, there’s apparently some weird time limit on the search warrant on a seized device, and some of the maintenance involved took place outside that weird time restriction.
The actual hacking of the device and the actual search of the contents of the device were with a warrant.
I don’t see the issue here.
The seizure of the devices happened with appropriate warrants, the actual search was done with appropriate warrants, there’s apparently some weird time limit on the search warrant on a seized device, and some of the maintenance involved took place outside that weird time restriction.
The actual hacking of the device and the actual search of the contents of the device were with a warrant.
It takes a discerning taste for boot leather to call the civil liberty protections weird.