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Canadian journalist's detention at US border raises press freedom alarms

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Re: Canadian journalist's detention at US border raises press freedom alarms

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Post by chinathrow »

jliptzin wrote: post #21

Don't be fooled, Canadian border patrol proudly engages in this as well. I was recently driving across the border to Montreal on vacation when Canadian border agents, in addition to searching my car and personal belongings, demanded to see my cell phone and turn over the password. I simply asked why, since I didn't think I was doing anything suspicious, at which point the agent angrily responded "because I can and no…

Some risk averse people are following one rule: Do not carry any electronics at any border crossing. It's a hostile territory.

Re: Canadian journalist's detention at US border raises press freedom alarms

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Post by AtheistOfFail »

mmanfrin wrote: post #19
loceng wrote: post #13

'Agents requested access to his phones and to look through his photos so that they could make sure he was “not posing next to any dead bodies,” he said. When he refused, citing the need to protect his sources as a journalist, they took the phones, he said. The phones were later returned and showed signs that the SIM cards had been replaced, he said. Giving up the contents of his private phone would be akin to a docto…

citing privacy laws l o l

The irony is fucking palpatable.

Re: Canadian journalist's detention at US border raises press freedom alarms

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Post by leeoniya »

neom wrote: post #22
leeoniya wrote: post #4

"Keeping America safe and enforcing our nation’s laws in an increasingly digital world depends on our ability to lawfully examine all materials entering the U.S.," What does "lawfully" even mean in this context? It's one of those words used specifically to excuse legally questionable practices at best, and outright illegal or unethical behavior by people in positions of authority, like parallel construction and evide…

Keep in mind that constitutional principles do not apply fully at US borders.

and the torture sections of the Geneva convention do not apply to the US govt outside US borders either, cause war on terror, war on drugs,

Re: Canadian journalist's detention at US border raises press freedom alarms

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Post by jonathankoren »

debt wrote: post #10

why would they tamper with or replace the sim cards? seems like it'd be smarter these days to be more covert about your photojournalism career; might be smart to have a cover. also standing rock is reaching a boiling point. it's obviously becoming a national security issue if they're stopping people at the border.

"Replace" makes it sound like they gave a new one. Of course they didn't. The phone wouldn't work until you contacted your cell provider. If they did indeed take the card out, they probably used to gather the IMSI number and to download any contact information stored on the card itself.

Re: Canadian journalist's detention at US border raises press freedom alarms

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Post by jliptzin »

chinathrow wrote: post #31
jliptzin wrote: post #21

Don't be fooled, Canadian border patrol proudly engages in this as well. I was recently driving across the border to Montreal on vacation when Canadian border agents, in addition to searching my car and personal belongings, demanded to see my cell phone and turn over the password. I simply asked why, since I didn't think I was doing anything suspicious, at which point the agent angrily responded "because I can and no…

Some risk averse people are following one rule: Do not carry any electronics at any border crossing. It's a hostile territory.

Indeed, from now on I will back up my phone to the cloud, wipe it before going over a border, then reinstalling after. It's the only sane thing to do.

Re: Canadian journalist's detention at US border raises press freedom alarms

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Post by chinathrow »

nostromo wrote: post #3

I'm so embarrassed how America treats people entering the U.S. It's the first experience foreigners have in our country, and we make it one of the worst experiences in the developed world. Industries that benefit from tourism should lobby the Federal Government to improve the travel experience to, from, and within the US. I personally would fly at least a few more times a year if the TSA/CBP process treated people wi…

Even more depressing is the fact that many countries take the US as their idol and start also requiring all 10 finger prints at border crossing. It's an epidemic these days.

Re: Canadian journalist's detention at US border raises press freedom alarms

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Post by AtheistOfFail »

debt wrote: post #10

why would they tamper with or replace the sim cards? seems like it'd be smarter these days to be more covert about your photojournalism career; might be smart to have a cover. also standing rock is reaching a boiling point. it's obviously becoming a national security issue if they're stopping people at the border.

You can clone modern SIM cards to extract the contacts later on or any data that is stored on it (some phones save texts there)

Re: Canadian journalist's detention at US border raises press freedom alarms

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Post by nickthemagicman »

Journalists should start publishing under anonymous public/private keys over VPN's and Tor...or something along those lines Satoshi style.

I have a feeling with all this ugly Nationalism starting to rear its head in the world, journalists publishing unpopular opinions towards the mainstream Zeitgeist are going to be vulnerable to witch hunts.

Re: Canadian journalist's detention at US border raises press freedom alarms

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Post by uniqueid »

jliptzin wrote: post #21

Don't be fooled, Canadian border patrol proudly engages in this as well. I was recently driving across the border to Montreal on vacation when Canadian border agents, in addition to searching my car and personal belongings, demanded to see my cell phone and turn over the password. I simply asked why, since I didn't think I was doing anything suspicious, at which point the agent angrily responded "because I can and no…

> Don't be fooled

I don't get it. Are you a journalist, too?

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