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The U.S. Government Quietly Just Made It Legal to Go Through Your Phone at the Border (lataco.com)
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An Appeals Court panel has ruled that federal agents can legally search through travelers' cell phones without reasonable suspicion, probable cause, or a warrant when they cross an international border.

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[–] 18 points 2 days ago (4 children)

They've held that border exception for a long time, 100 miles I think it was. I believe it was always meant to be actually crossing a border but in theory they've held it applying to anyone in the area.

As a general practice if crossing the US border, save everything before arriving to a cloud host you trust, wipe it clean, and re-download after.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 day ago (1 child)

    It would be nice if modern phones let you image the whole disk like you would with a PC. I tire of phone maintenance every time I travel. I like to travel with minimal apps and data in case my phone gets stolen or lost. But I almost wish I could snapshot my phone and apps right after setting everything up and make images for travel and everyday driver use. I think this was possible with root back in the day, but Graphene doesn't give you root.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 day ago

    ... and after arriving. Have to load a minimal image. So this causes a major tax and inconvenience upon everyone. Tax after tax after tax.

    Those who are a patriot are a curiosity. Their speech can be reduced and measured in whines/hr

    At a certain point spyphones are just an inconvenience.

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