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Originally Posted by jatco
The point being...is the current political environment..none of which can be discussed on here but is prevalent throughout the media and a reality which im sure you're aware.
Officials have the right to inspect your
electronic devices and as been reported in some cases, those devices have been confiscated and persons detained because of what info etc is on there phone contrary to the current state of affairs. Hence the desire for 'anonymity'/ Neutral
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As you are in the 51st state, you have nothing to fear (just kidding, don't flame me).
The US border has long been a place where everyone's rights are suspended. The courts ruled in 1976 (United States v. Martinez-Fuerte) that the border cops don't need reasonable suspicion to search anyone they please at checkpoints. While this is supposed to be nonintrusive unless they have reasonable suspicion, in practice the border cops think they have a constitutional right to search you and your phone. If the border officers ask to search your phone there's nothing you can do to stop them. If you don't unlock it they will seize it and hack into it later. It's unAmerican in my view, but the border cops think violating our right to privacy is good for us.
If you are traveling into the US and don't want pictures of your scantily clad wife and bank records to be ogled by a border agent you'd be better off adding a line to your existing wireless service for a crappy phone, with no PII apps, that you can hand over to the border cops if you are the unlucky passenger they pull out of the crowd. Leave your tablets and other devices at home.
