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It is worth noting that the US has been doing digital device searches coming up to twenty years now. I had my phone searched back in the early 2000s, and my mos

It is worth noting that the US has been doing digital device searches coming up to twenty years now. I had my phone searched back in the early 2000s, and my most recent US Visa required me to list all social media accounts. I've even read (but not experienced) reports of GrayKey or UFED being used to download someone's unlocked phone for offline analysis also. Your choices at the border are either: Unlock your phone and MAYBE get let in, or refuse which is best case a guaranteed entry refusal or worse case a 5 ban (for "non-cooperation" as inadmissibility reason). The US (and UK) treat non-citizens terribly at the border; even with zero history or justification. It is even worse for non-white Europeans.

root_axis 1y ago
A more recent development is that you might also risk jail for weeks.
wffurr 1y ago
Disable biometric unlock; you're not required to provide a passcode but you can be required to look at or touch the device. Cross with it turned off. I don't think the threat of a fine or jail time is real. Even if the agents said that, that's not an actual legal penalty they can apply. They can deny entry to someone on a visa, but they can't deny entry to a citizen or legal resident. They can keep your device, though. https://www.aclutx.org/en/news/can-border-agents-search-your-electronic-devices-its-complicated https://www.aclutx.org/en/news/can-border-agents-search-your... has a lot of good details.
- huslage 1y ago
  That is not true for non-citizens. Our law is swiss cheese regarding that.
- Someone1234 1y ago
  I think you replied to the wrong comment. You're talking about citizen's rights and the comment you replied to is purely about non-citizens.
- snickerdoodle12 1y ago
  Your legal rights don't seem to matter all that much when they've decided to ship you off to the gulag in El Salvador.
- dm319 1y ago
  Or better, just take a different device?
account42 1y ago
> Your choices at the border are either: Unlock your phone and MAYBE get let in, or refuse which That's if they search your phone which isn't standard procedure for every entry. Likely it means you have already been flagged for something else.
- mandmandam 1y ago
  Do you understand how that doesn't make it okay?

root_axis 1y ago

A more recent development is that you might also risk jail for weeks.

wffurr 1y ago

Disable biometric unlock; you're not required to provide a passcode but you can be required to look at or touch the device. Cross with it turned off. I don't think the threat of a fine or jail time is real. Even if the agents said that, that's not an actual legal penalty they can apply. They can deny entry to someone on a visa, but they can't deny entry to a citizen or legal resident. They can keep your device, though. https://www.aclutx.org/en/news/can-border-agents-search-your-electronic-devices-its-complicated https://www.aclutx.org/en/news/can-border-agents-search-your... has a lot of good details.

huslage 1y ago
That is not true for non-citizens. Our law is swiss cheese regarding that.
Someone1234 1y ago
I think you replied to the wrong comment. You're talking about citizen's rights and the comment you replied to is purely about non-citizens.
snickerdoodle12 1y ago
Your legal rights don't seem to matter all that much when they've decided to ship you off to the gulag in El Salvador.
dm319 1y ago
Or better, just take a different device?

account42 1y ago

> Your choices at the border are either: Unlock your phone and MAYBE get let in, or refuse which That's if they search your phone which isn't standard procedure for every entry. Likely it means you have already been flagged for something else.

mandmandam 1y ago
Do you understand how that doesn't make it okay?