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Border agents can search cellphones without a warrant or reasonable suspicion

235 points · 198 comments · mmh0000

righthand · 1789756315 · focus · HN ↗
So carry a separate device while traveling. Or wipe your phone, then restore after the border. This is just going to lead to a service that does this for you and the overreaching feds won’t be able to do anything about it.
And as far as I can tell you still don’t have to give them your pin code.
1. autoexec · 1789756984 · focus · HN ↗
  They don't need your pin, they can just hack the phone take all your data anyway. ICE has a contract with Cellebrite
  1. puppycodes · 1789758004 · focus · HN ↗
    Not really. Cellebrite isn't magic. If you have an up to date OS and a strong password not pin, encryption functions as it should. The best thing to do is simply have a travel phone.
    iAMkenough · 1789771846 · focus · HN ↗
    Imaged encrypted volumes can be decrypted later. We're building massive amounts of compute with government bonds these days.
    puppycodes · 1789943242 · focus · HN ↗
    This is true for literally everything encrypted. Security is always a function of time and effort. The name of the game is being not worth the effort.
    iAMkenough · 1789943709 · focus · HN ↗
    When the effort becomes trivial, so does the justification for it. Doesn’t cost them any of their own money.

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