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95% of the world's countries inspect your phone at the border for messages critical of the government?
by Hamuko 2y ago
95% of the world's countries inspect your phone at the border for messages critical of the government?
- stopdadrama 2y ago[flagged]
- unethical_ban 2y agoBegone, greentext troll. Use your real handle.
- tirant 2y agoI've travelled several times to the US and never had that issue. Is really a thing? However our company issues specific laptops and phones before travelling to China as they do get searched.
- cyberlimerence 2y agoI think this is what they are referring to: "French scientist denied US entry after phone messages critical of Trump found" [1][2] [1] https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/19/trump-musk-french-scientist-detained https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/19/trump-musk-f... [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43418059 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43418059
- jeltz 2y agoYes, it is a thing the US does.