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HK police can now demand phone passwords under new national security rules
- jen729w 7mo agoOriginally saw via this article: https://www.visahq.com/news/2026-03-29/hk/hong-kongs-new-border-search-powers-allow-officers-to-compel-device-passwords-from-all-travellers/ https://www.visahq.com/news/2026-03-29/hk/hong-kongs-new-bor... – the BBC article's first paragraph states, emphasis mine: > Hong Kong police can now demand phone or computer passwords from those who are suspected of breaching the wide-ranging National Security Law (NSL). – indicating this isn't a blanket right at the border. Anyone have any actual knowledge of the situation?
- florapreston672 7mo ago[dead]