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Don't spread misinformation. The difference is that in Italy it is not against the law to not hand out the password to your phone -- or anything else for that m

• izacus 1y ago
  You're mistaking laws that hold for citizens and rules that hold for immigration and thus spreading misinformation. Even on Schengen borders they can ask you for your phone and deny your entry if you don't comply as a non-citizen.
• Spooky23 1y ago
  In the United States, you have a fundamental right to not testify against yourself, including providing a password. You can be compelled to provide a biometric. The UK has taken a different approach and my understanding is that you can be jailed for refusing to provide a password. Most countries recognize very different limits at a customs boundary. Is this appropriate in an age where a tiny device gives you access to all of your "papers" in many cases? I don't think so, but international law doesn't recognize our concerns with respect to that.
  • genewitch 1y ago
    > Most countries recognize very different limits at a customs boundary. In the US I've heard that boundary (the "border") encompasses ~75% of everyone living inside. It's like "within X miles of a border" and includes rivers and airports as well as the entire coastline. I'm not up to date on these rules and who's been caught out by them, but I have repeatedly heard the claim above.
• School-Cotton 1y ago
  That is also true in the US. Of course they can use it as a reason to deny you access to the country if you’re a noncitizen, but you don’t have to hand it over.