An Appeals Court panel has ruled that federal agents can legally search through travelers' cell phones without reasonable suspicion, probable cause, or a warrant when they cross an international border.
They've held that border exception for a long time, 100 miles I think it was. I believe it was always meant to be actually crossing a border but in theory they've held it applying to anyone in the area.
As a general practice if crossing the US border, save everything before arriving to a cloud host you trust, wipe it clean, and re-download after.
I believe it's 100 miles from any border or entry point. Entry points include international airports and water ports. In other words, damn near anywhere.
It would be nice if modern phones let you image the whole disk like you would with a PC. I tire of phone maintenance every time I travel. I like to travel with minimal apps and data in case my phone gets stolen or lost. But I almost wish I could snapshot my phone and apps right after setting everything up and make images for travel and everyday driver use. I think this was possible with root back in the day, but Graphene doesn't give you root.
They've held that border exception for a long time, 100 miles I think it was. I believe it was always meant to be actually crossing a border but in theory they've held it applying to anyone in the area.
As a general practice if crossing the US border, save everything before arriving to a cloud host you trust, wipe it clean, and re-download after.
I believe it's 100 miles from any border or entry point. Entry points include international airports and water ports. In other words, damn near anywhere.
See I keep hearing that, but never actually heard of this happening...
It would be nice if modern phones let you image the whole disk like you would with a PC. I tire of phone maintenance every time I travel. I like to travel with minimal apps and data in case my phone gets stolen or lost. But I almost wish I could snapshot my phone and apps right after setting everything up and make images for travel and everyday driver use. I think this was possible with root back in the day, but Graphene doesn't give you root.
... and after arriving. Have to load a minimal image. So this causes a major tax and inconvenience upon everyone. Tax after tax after tax.
Those who are a patriot are a curiosity. Their speech can be reduced and measured in whines/hr
At a certain point spyphones are just an inconvenience.