Stories 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.

Stories 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).