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by gambiting 458 days ago
Just a reminder that UK Border Force can confiscate all of your electronic devices for 7 days and you have to give them all your passwords to these devices and associated accounts - refusing to do so is punishable by up to 2 years in prison. And no, they don't need any warrant, just a probable cause. If you want to see more how that looks like this is a video by a guy who experienced it first hand:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=991kRp8KUmo&t=1s

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UK is one of several countries issuing travel warnings because US border gestapo have been putting Europeans in chains and deporting them. Apparently we have gone insane as a country. https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/2030132/UK-issues-new-t...
To my knowledge in the U.S. foreigners can only be denied entry for refusing to give up their passwords. I suppose an act of Congress could make it more like the situation in the UK.