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Australian authorities will search your phone upon arrival if they believe it contains CSAM.
by andrewinardeer 2y ago
Australian authorities will search your phone upon arrival if they believe it contains CSAM.
- gambiting 2y agoJust a reminder that UK Border Force can confiscate all of your electronic devices for 7 days and you have to give them all your passwords to these devices and associated accounts - refusing to do so is punishable by up to 2 years in prison. And no, they don't need any warrant, just a probable cause. If you want to see more how that looks like this is a video by a guy who experienced it first hand: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=991kRp8KUmo&t=1s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=991kRp8KUmo&t=1s
- guelo 2y agoUK is one of several countries issuing travel warnings because US border gestapo have been putting Europeans in chains and deporting them. Apparently we have gone insane as a country. https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/2030132/UK-issues-new-travel-warning https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/2030132/UK-issues-new-t...
- cryptonector 2y agoTo my knowledge in the U.S. foreigners can only be denied entry for refusing to give up their passwords. I suppose an act of Congress could make it more like the situation in the UK.
- guelo 2y agoI travel to Australia regularly to visit my wife's family and I have never had my phone searched.
- andrewinardeer 2y agoOkay. https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/jun/11/australian-border-force-abf-searching-phones-travellers-data https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/jun/...
- kergonath 2y ago"It happens sometimes" and "it never happened to me" are not mutually exclusive. Both can be true at the same time.