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by kybernetikos 3432 days ago
> US law enforcement can compel you to provide a fingerprint to unlock your phone, but cannot compel you to provide a password.

This may be true for normal law enforcement, but if you're at (or perhaps near) the border, the rules are different.
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gcp 3432 days ago
It's been pointed out recently that "near the border" is "100 miles from the border" and the coastline counts as border, so the rules are different for most places in the USA where people actually live.
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falcolas 3432 days ago
IIRC, the border is also defined as any airport which receives international flights.

Of course, in practice the border definition isn't actually used in this fashion (that has been made public), but the potential does seem to exist.

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