That's honestly a curiosity in this for me. You dont have to unlock your phone for them but the fact that he was made to even with a duress pass makes me think that this was more than a standard stop.

He absolutely didnt have to unlock it under the law.

He was within his right to wipe it.

But what led him to doing so?

This isnt a defence of the boarder officers. Im just curious what the other side of the story is.

Edit: ah there it is. They suspected him of having csam and by implication being a sex tourist.

Heavy accusations. So they did have some suspicion (or at least claimed to) to justify the search.

Yep.

Biometrics are SUPER unsafe, and insecure, because you can be physically forced to put your finger on a sensor, or to stand still for them to hold a phone infront of your face for faceid. I've literally seen videos of cops holding a guy in a choke hold whole another cop unlocks his phone with his face.

but they can't physically manhandle you into typing in a password.

If you have iOS you can disable it quickly by spamming the power button (button on right hand side of screen) 5 times.

"except within 100 miles of the border where you have no rights at all, because that's convenient for me so I made it the fuck up"

--SCOTUS, defender of FREEDOM

It's not. Authoritarians want it to be.

I was kind of flabbergasted when a police office interviewed in this video just straight up said you have a right to privacy in your home, but as soon as you step out, gone.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3MQLlMbS-Y

The intent of the law was to have something to charge corporate fraudsters with if they destroyed the accounting records with proof of their fraud when served a warrant. Or illegal drug manufacturers destroying their chemlab. Ownership of the property doesn't come into it.

The envisioned cases were always domestic crime investigations where there was already enough evidence to get a warrant. The application at customs where they don't need a warrant is the novelty, and I really hope the government loses its case.

The laws are now made up when needed and justice doesn't matter. So, yes. Anything the authorities don't like is a crime in a fascist regime.

“Wiping your phone before an illegal search is now left wing terrorism”

I believe it's only currently possible on Android. There's Graphene's built-in solution which uses a pin or password, and then there's other android apps that can trigger the wipe if you get a text message with the code.

It exists for a reason, they couldn’t have shown better why if they’d been paid to film a commercial.

Anyone can do it.

Are you sure? My mom can't tell the difference between posting on Facebook and doing a Google search.

The thing is, data isn't just property. It is also speech. The right to remain silent is so fundamental to the legal system that a whole case can be thrown out if you are not reminded of this right while being arrested.

GrapheneOS has this feature. Also ripple