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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. chanakya · 1789766238 · focus · HN ↗

      I do that several times a year, and never wipe my phone. I looked at statistics of such phone examinations over the last few years, and I didn't see any difference between the current and last administrations, when nobody was wiping their phones.

      1. andix · 1789768147 · focus · HN ↗

         Wiping phones/laptops before entering the US is common practice for many organizations for over a decade now.

         1. chanakya · 1789778963 · focus · HN ↗

            Not in my organization, or in any that I know of. I don't even understand why it would be in an organization's interest to do that. Why should they care if I'm harrassed for data of a political nature? They generally tell me not to even have any such data on their property.

            They do, however, require that I take a burner device or wipe it completely, if I travel to China.

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