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Canada can require you to give up your phone password when entering. As far as I heard, the US does not require that (but can confiscate your phone). Is there p
by Buge 10y ago
Canada can require you to give up your phone password when entering. As far as I heard, the US does not require that (but can confiscate your phone). Is there possibly another country that doesn't require it?
- twsted 10y agoKidding? Ref please?
- Semaphor 10y agohttp://www.cbc.ca/news/alain-philippon-phone-password-case-powers-of-border-agents-and-police-differ-1.2983841 http://www.cbc.ca/news/alain-philippon-phone-password-case-p... For more sources google canada phone password. Tons of results.
- msie 10y agoThere's this show about the Canadian border services and they regularly go through people's phones: 'Border Security'
- camus2 10y agoAnd computers too, some French guy was caught with "anime porn" on his hard drive at the border, went to prison for a few month.
- iamatworknow 10y agoCanadian customs once searched my brother's laptop at the border, in his presence, and their method was as trivial as doing a Windows file search for "boy" and "girl".
- ctrl_freak 10y agoUS CBP definitely can ask for your passcode/passwords. There was a post on HN last week about a guy who refused to turn over his passcode: https://vc.gg/blog/so-its-been-a-while.html https://vc.gg/blog/so-its-been-a-while.html
- Buge 10y agoYes, the US can ask for you password, but they can't require you to give up your password. If you don't give your password, they confiscate your device. In Canada, if you don't give your password they can charge you with a crime and you can spend up to a year in jail.