[dopa42365]

Sounds like good advice for everyone traveling to countries that scan/copy your devices on entry.

https://www.wired.com/2010/11/hacker-border-search/

[AlexGood]

U.S. CBP reported that they conducted 40k electronic searches in 2019, or about 1-in-10000 travelers. https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/speeches-and-statements/cbp-sta...

[renzo88]

A friendly reminder, this is unconstitutional if you're a us citizen. However, they can still absolutely ruin your day.

On entry to any country, I sync my devices and wipe them.

[davidmr]

I believe that the current state of affairs is that warrantless searches of US citizens’ devices at (or near) the borders are constitutional.

https://www.theusconstitution.org/litigation/merchant-v-mayo... https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/10/come-back-warrant-cong...

This really is a shameful state of affairs that Congress should fix, but I’m not holding my breath.

[uoaei]

Is there an up-to-date source on which countries do what kinds of scanning/copying?

Is it the case that device-level encryption successfully prevents access to the contents, or is that a layer I should refuse to trust?

[renzo88]

Depending on country laws, refusing to reveal keys or even device-level encryption itself may be illegal/cause you to be detained.

The best thing you can do is bring a wiped device through, and assume that it and its data can be seized at any time. Also treat any device as disposable - once seized, it should not be trusted.

[TrueGeek]

Non-paywall link: https://web.archive.org/web/20210421205347/https://www.wired...

[Yajirobe]

Why did they do this to him??

[tremon]

Does that really matter?

[Yajirobe]

Uhh.. yes, I want to know the reasons for taking away and searching through a random person's computer