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1. andix · 1789758288 · focus · HN ↗

   Anyone still crossing US borders with electronic devices that aren't fully wiped? This is company policy for some European companies for a long time. Even during the Biden administration.

   Most employees just receive a wiped phone/laptop for the duration of the trip. Depending on the country its either a device that only has access to the bare minimum of Services, or for countries like Russia they issue a dumb phone that can only call and text.

   1. flerchin · 1789760449 · focus · HN ↗

      It's frankly insane that y'all have to do that, and yes Americans cross the border, perhaps haplessly.

      1. andix · 1789761469 · focus · HN ↗

         Is there any difference between US citizens and visitors? It just seems like US citizens think those charades are normal and don't question them. In my home country I can just deny getting my devices searched. They might be allowed to seize and seal them, awaiting a court order for searching the device. Which I could appeal. Basically the same process as anywhere else in the country, international borders are not some special place that gives the police superpowers.

         Ps: we also don't have some special paramilitary border police. Just regular police stationed at the border.

         1. mixdup · 1789764492 · focus · HN ↗

            all of our police are essentially paramilitary now. There's nothing special about ICE or CBP other than they're federal rather than local. Even local cops have become hyper-militarized and think they're patrolling the streets of Fallujah

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