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The result of stories like this will be to chill visiting from other countries (destroying tourism in the country) and likely result in the same treatment by ot
by coldcode 10y ago
The result of stories like this will be to chill visiting from other countries (destroying tourism in the country) and likely result in the same treatment by other countries to American citizens. I can't understand why the people who decide these policies think they are harmless.
- basseq 10y agoStories like this have been in the news for many years. Here's one from 2014: http://www.dailydot.com/layer8/supreme-court-phone-warrant-us-border/ http://www.dailydot.com/layer8/supreme-court-phone-warrant-u... And an EFF post from 2011: https://www.eff.org/wp/defending-privacy-us-border-guide-travelers-carrying-digital-devices https://www.eff.org/wp/defending-privacy-us-border-guide-tra... It's also not just the US; here's one from Canada: https://www.cnet.com/news/man-charged-for-refusing-to-give-up-phone-passcode-to-canadian-border-agents/ https://www.cnet.com/news/man-charged-for-refusing-to-give-u... Finally, it's not a policy; the the general differences in due process at the border, as upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court (1997, Ramsey v. United States).