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- make a cloud-backup - purge your phone - enter the US, let them search your plain vanilla phone - restore backup

by Jdam 10y ago

geggam 10y ago
because they dont search your cloud ?
- emodendroket 10y ago
  How could they "search your cloud"? They're able to bypass the 4th Amendment protections because you are entering the country.
  - Jonnax 10y ago
    There was a recent article about a Canadian crossing into America being suspected of being a sex worker and forced to give their online user names and passwords. Which was stored and allowed them to not ask for the credentials the next time they crossed. Here's the link: http://www.dailyxtra.com/canada/news-and-ideas/news/us-customs-block-canadian-man-reading-scruff-profile-215531 http://www.dailyxtra.com/canada/news-and-ideas/news/us-custo...
sunwooz 10y ago
If you got a full tutorial on this, I would love to read it ;)
- emodendroket 10y ago
  Do you really need a tutorial specifically on this? Backup, restore, and wiping your phone are all well-documented procedures.
nraynaud 10y ago
some people got denied entry with that tactic, too suspicious. The US intelligence agencies are hell bent on creating a social graph of the world, and they will get to do it.
dingaling 10y ago
Trying to defeat this with technical trickery won't work. "Gee golly gosh you're smart, on through you go" is not a standard CBP response. They will search your devices. They have a process flow to follow and 'empty contact list' will likely branch to 'second-tier inspection' and laptops will be searched. Much better to keep an old previous-generation smartphone with a minimal but genuine contact list ( immediate family, emergency contact, work & insurance numbers ) and a couple of useful non-social apps and use that when travelling. And only for travelling. No trickery, just hand it over. I don't agree with the policy, but it's policy. I can't change it as one foreign national standing in line, I can only minimise the damage it causes me.

- make a cloud-backup - purge your phone - enter the US, let them search your plain vanilla phone - restore backup

by Jdam 10y ago

- make a cloud-backup - purge your phone - enter the US, let them search your plain vanilla phone - restore backup

geggam 10y ago

because they dont search your cloud ?

emodendroket 10y ago
How could they "search your cloud"? They're able to bypass the 4th Amendment protections because you are entering the country.
- Jonnax 10y ago
  There was a recent article about a Canadian crossing into America being suspected of being a sex worker and forced to give their online user names and passwords. Which was stored and allowed them to not ask for the credentials the next time they crossed. Here's the link: http://www.dailyxtra.com/canada/news-and-ideas/news/us-customs-block-canadian-man-reading-scruff-profile-215531 http://www.dailyxtra.com/canada/news-and-ideas/news/us-custo...

sunwooz 10y ago

If you got a full tutorial on this, I would love to read it ;)

emodendroket 10y ago
Do you really need a tutorial specifically on this? Backup, restore, and wiping your phone are all well-documented procedures.

nraynaud 10y ago

some people got denied entry with that tactic, too suspicious. The US intelligence agencies are hell bent on creating a social graph of the world, and they will get to do it.

dingaling 10y ago

Trying to defeat this with technical trickery won't work. "Gee golly gosh you're smart, on through you go" is not a standard CBP response. They will search your devices. They have a process flow to follow and 'empty contact list' will likely branch to 'second-tier inspection' and laptops will be searched. Much better to keep an old previous-generation smartphone with a minimal but genuine contact list ( immediate family, emergency contact, work & insurance numbers ) and a couple of useful non-social apps and use that when travelling. And only for travelling. No trickery, just hand it over. I don't agree with the policy, but it's policy. I can't change it as one foreign national standing in line, I can only minimise the damage it causes me.