I just discovered that Australian Border Force agents (I’m Australian) can ask you to unlock your phone and take it away to download files, etc. You can legally refuse but they can take the phone anyway and make life very difficult. I had no idea although I shouldn’t be surprised given our privacy …

Very comprehensive article by Wired. [image] How to Enter the US With Your Digital Privacy Intact Crossing into the United States has become increasingly dangerous for digital privacy. Here are a few steps you can take to minimize the risk of Customs and Border Protection accessing your…

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[image] How to Protect Yourself From Phone Searches at the US Border Customs and Border Protection has broad authority to search travelers’ devices when they cross into the United States. Here’s what you can do to protect your digital life while at the US border. …

Archive [image] How to Protect Yourself From Phone Searches at the US Border Customs and Border Protection has broad authority to search travelers’ devices when they cross into the United States. Here’s what you can do to protect your digital life while at the US border. …

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One small thing that I noted. It is probably bad idea to take a usb date blocker with you to a hostile country as a journalist, you probably come on a higher risk list. If you really want a data blocker. I think a data blocker cable without the “Data block” logo is probably a better idea. the only …

Have there been any reports or individual accounts of a blank phone causing issue at a border? Were there any tangible negative effects?

Yes, all the media reports that I have read, which quoted legal experts say this is true in Canada and the US. If you’re a non-citizen and fail to obey orders such as giving the passcodes, you will be denied entry. For citizens, your devices will likely be seized and forensically analyzed such as ha…

You’re just arousing suspicions because in this day and age, who travels like that? Also, as a non-citizen, you don’t have the legal right to enter. So if the border agent doesn’t trust what you’re saying, you’re basically guaranteed to be deported. I don’t know what the law is in other countries, b…

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