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How often does this actually happen? Never been to the states, keep hearing rumors of illegal device searches like that.
by Artlav 9y ago
How often does this actually happen? Never been to the states, keep hearing rumors of illegal device searches like that.
- DamonHD 9y agoI gave up travelling to the US approximately at the intersection of the time that (a) automatic fingerprint scanners were brought in at US borders and (b) the TFA lost a copy of all its own staff's confidential data. I can't afford to replace my fingerprints when the TFA discloses that data. Plus from other environments I know that my fingerprints don't scan very reliably for whatever reason. Also I realised that on every visit that I could remember I was getting my baggage searched like some kind of persona non grata, which annoyed me a lot when I thought about it. And this on various flavours of visa/waiver coming from the UK. So searching laptops etc just for the sake of it, never mind necessity, utility, privacy or courtesy, is a logical (unwelcoming) extension of this.
- odonnellryan 9y agoI'm from the US, got my stuff searched both times I went out of the country by that country's border patrol.