> The idea that US citizens need to scrub their phones before entering the US is just a hysterical media narrative related to the drama around a certain middle

> The idea that US citizens need to scrub their phones before entering the US is just a hysterical media narrative related to the drama around a certain middle east conflict right now This seems to imply that public discussions about cleaning phones wasn't a meaningfully common occurrence before now. But it's been a spontaneous topic for as long as devices have been at risk from border agencies - since at least 2017.