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by Hercuros 430 days ago
Exceptions, such as the entirety of Europe? This level of privacy violation is truly incomprehensible to most citizens of European countries.
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I gave the example of the U.K., a dystopian privacy violator. The U.K. is in Europe.

The entirety of Europe would not come close to making a majority of countries. Even if I grant you the "entirety of Europe", I bet I'm still right that most (i.e., more than half) of countries reserve the right to search your device at the border, and will compel you to give the password.

For instances where the authorities wish to suspect you of a crime, looks like France was prepared to compel you to give a password in 2022: https://www.fairtrials.org/articles/news/french-court-rules-...

EU-wide, 2024: https://www.politico.eu/article/police-can-access-mobile-pho...

In the U.S., I believe you are covered by your 5th Amendment self-incrimination protections. I have some recollection that there are situations where authorities will compel you, like if you're not the one being accused of the crime.

The linked cases disturb me but they are about criminal investigations. Not "reserve the right to search your device at the border".
It's incomprehensible to most citizens of the US as well, which is why it's an important article by a major newspaper and we're discussing it.