Commenters recount personal border-search experiences
2 Sep 18 2:27 PM · 5d ago · 2 comments · 1 source · development 2 of 6
An HN commenter described being barred from the US for life after border agents searched his phone and found old screenshots about the Iran-Israel war, illustrating the practical stakes of the ruling.
“I was barred from the US for life - it was said that it could have been much worse.”
fsiefken2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Federal appeals courtU.S. Customs and Border Protection Federal agency conducting border searchesTrump administration Executive branch overseeing border enforcement
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So carry a separate device while traveling. Or wipe your phone, then restore after the border. This is just going to lead to a service that does this for you and the overreaching feds won’t be able to do anything about it.And as far as I can tell you still don’t have to give them your pin code.
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Customs has always been able to search everything without a warrant or suspicion when crossing the border. I guess this is saying that they can search the digital contents of physical devices/media as well?
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