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I use to consent to searches under the mentality that 'I've done nothing wrong, and got nothing to hide'... Then one night way back in the days of dial up internet, me and a couple of friends were going to have a LAN party to play some computer games. Got stopped for a nothing-burger traffic stop(He said I failed to signal when turning left into the parking lot, which wasn't true). Not thinking much of it, I consented to the search, and when I popped my trunk, I instantly regretted it. 3 high-end gaming computer, 3 flat screen CRT monitors, cables, power strips, the works all in the trunk of my car. That cop kept us there for at least an hour while he took the 3 of us off to the side and interviewed us separately, multiple times. I guess he was trying to find an inconsistency in our stories or a good reason to arrest us. He just couldn't conceive of the idea that you would go through all of that trouble to play video games. Since then I've always politely declined and suggested they would need a warrant.