Blaze@lemmy.zip to Privacy@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 14 days agoYes, border control can go through your phone. Here's what travelers should know.eu.usatoday.comexternal-linkmessage-square106fedilinkarrow-up1272arrow-down12
arrow-up1270arrow-down1external-linkYes, border control can go through your phone. Here's what travelers should know.eu.usatoday.comBlaze@lemmy.zip to Privacy@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 14 days agomessage-square106fedilink
minus-squareEch@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·14 days agoThey can force you to undress for a cavity search. What makes unlocking your phone such a special case that they’d think that was “too much”?
minus-squareover_clox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·14 days agoSimple, you just don’t tell them. They can try all 10 fingers and all 10 toes, but if they don’t know what piece of skin unlocks the phone, what the hell are they gonna do?
minus-squarecurbstickle@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·14 days ago what the hell are they gonna do? Deny entry. They dont have to try anything.
minus-squareover_clox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·14 days agoYou’re right. You can also store all your critical data on a MicroSD card and just not even carry an active device. MicroSD is so tiny that it could be hidden inside a modded hollowed out coin…
minus-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·14 days agoHonestly, a USB drive in another bag would be fine. Encrypt it and leave an unencrypted partition with harmless data and you’re good.
minus-squareDarkassassin07@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·14 days agoSeize the device and crack it with tools like Cellebrite. Possibly with you in custody in the meantime.
They can force you to undress for a cavity search. What makes unlocking your phone such a special case that they’d think that was “too much”?
Simple, you just don’t tell them.
They can try all 10 fingers and all 10 toes, but if they don’t know what piece of skin unlocks the phone, what the hell are they gonna do?
Deny entry. They dont have to try anything.
You’re right.
You can also store all your critical data on a MicroSD card and just not even carry an active device.
MicroSD is so tiny that it could be hidden inside a modded hollowed out coin…
Honestly, a USB drive in another bag would be fine. Encrypt it and leave an unencrypted partition with harmless data and you’re good.
Seize the device and crack it with tools like Cellebrite. Possibly with you in custody in the meantime.