Customs officials have copied Americans’ phone data at scale
washingtonpost.com
Customs officials have copied Americans’ phone data at scale
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Re: Customs officials have copied Americans’ phone data at scale
#2Thankfully we know the drill already - use burner phones when visiting privacy hostile countries.
Sad for how many traditionally "free" countries that is becoming true on border crossings
Re: Customs officials have copied Americans’ phone data at scale
#3Re: Customs officials have copied Americans’ phone data at scale
#4Thankfully we know the drill already - use burner phones when visiting privacy hostile countries. Sad for how many traditionally "free" countries that is becoming true on border crossings
Except that the U.S. is a privacy hostile country so if you live here you risk a search whenever you leave.
Re: Customs officials have copied Americans’ phone data at scale
#5How does this phone data capture work? Do they need to physically plug in your phone to a machine of theirs? I travel a lot and have never been asked to hand over my phone to a customs officer.
Re: Customs officials have copied Americans’ phone data at scale
#6How does this phone data capture work? Do they need to physically plug in your phone to a machine of theirs? I travel a lot and have never been asked to hand over my phone to a customs officer.
The article suggests "10,000 electronic devices per year" so that's not every traveller, not by a long shot. They are taking some people's phones aside, plugging them in and sucking data off.