What could happen if you refuse to unlock your phone at the US border?

Re:What could happen if you refuse to unlock your phone at t... by ekiru on Thursday February 16, 2017 @10:49AM (#13660822)

Recognizing when people are lying is an important part of CBP's job. They're trained specifically to do it. It's unlikely that you're better at lying than they are at noticing that you're lie. Lying to them will end poorly.

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Re:What could happen if you refuse to unlock your phone at t... by thaumasiotes on Thursday February 16, 2017 @02:03PM (#13662567)

> Recognizing when people are lying is an important part of CBP's job. They're trained specifically to do it.

That's true. However, the evidence that people who are trained to recognize lying do any better at it than random people off the street is -- putting things mildly -- not strong.

If they notice you're lying, it will be because you contradicted something they already knew or because you were bad at lying, not because they were trained to recognize it.

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Re:What could happen if you refuse to unlock your phone at t... by abandonliberty on Thursday February 16, 2017 @03:38PM (#13663368)

They're not actually very good at this. Keep your responses to the shortest simplest truth. Your goal is to be boring and unremarkable as everyone else.

Anything more frustrates and angers them.

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Re:What could happen if you refuse to unlock your phone at t... by refurb on Thursday February 16, 2017 @11:14AM (#13661069)

You raise a really good point. CBP deals with people lying to them every second of every day. If you think a "oops! I must have forgotten the password" will work, you're in for a rude surprise.

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