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How were they able to search electronic devices? It's that easy / routine now at airports?
by mancerayder 9y ago
How were they able to search electronic devices? It's that easy / routine now at airports?
- LV-426 9y agoI’ll never bring my phone on an international flight again: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13645825 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13645825 I Had My Electronics Seized by U.S. Customs and Border Protection: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13453189 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13453189 A US-born NASA scientist was detained at the border until he unlocked his phone: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13629593 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13629593 US Customs block Canadian man after reading his Scruff profile: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13702981 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13702981 The last one didn't even happen on US soil but at Vancouver airport; there are now more than 600 US customs agents stationed in multiple airports around the world: Dublin and Shannon in Ireland; Aruba; Freeport and Nassau in The Bahamas; Bermuda; Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates; and Calgary, Toronto, Edmonton, Halifax, Montreal, Ottawa, Vancouver, and Winnipeg in Canada.
- stevenwoo 9y agoCustoms can detain you until you unlock the device.