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by URSpider94 3315 days ago
There is no sign in the app that you are in Travel Mode. I suppose if you are well and truly targeted and they have a really knowledgeable specialist on-hand, they could know that Travel Mode exists and ask you to disable it. But, I think that's going beyond the boundaries of a border search, which is limited to searching things that you are actually carrying across the border.
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"Are you using travel mode?"

"No"

You just lied to someone at border control. Which is an offense.

Yep. Civil disobedience, unsurprisingly, includes breaking the law.
Yes. If you are a US citizen. If you are not, this can mean waiting for the next pane back in handcuffs and being banned from entering the US for life.
Why go there in the first place? Doesn't sound very appealing.
I live in Canada working in medical/tech industry.

Every vendors main business is in the USA. 95% of our clients are not in Canada.

If I want to avoid the USA, I would have to change industries... Which isn't gonna happen hopefully anytime soon.

I have to goto states 3x times a year and hate the traveling aspect going through customs (I have a trip in a few weeks, already dreading it).. but once I pass through the border, it is rather nice.

To live the American nightmare and be in the land of the caged. lol!
Civil disobedience does not need you to be a citizen of America..
"Are you using travel mode?"

"Yes"

"Disable it"

"I can't. I left my password at home, and the account is tied to an email address I do not have access to."

I suppose they tell you to go home at that point. Such a sad state of affairs.