Customs officials have copied Americans’ phone data at scale(washingtonpost.com)
washingtonpost.com
Customs officials have copied Americans’ phone data at scale
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/09/15/government-surveillance-database-dhs/
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How 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.
Thankfully 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
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.