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 Accacin on Thursday February 16, 2017 @05:26PM (#13664152)

I don't want to be one of those people who go on about the fact that they're not on Facebook, but what if they asked me for my Facebook logins and I told them I don't have any social media accounts? (I mean, bar Github if you count that as a social network).

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Re:What could happen if you refuse to unlock your phone at t... by angry_octet on Thursday February 16, 2017 @07:47PM (#13665009)

If you are telling the truth you will be fine. But if you do have a facebook account and you lie about it you could be in trouble (it is an offence to lie to federal agents).

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Re:What could happen if you refuse to unlock your phone at t... by type0 on Thursday February 16, 2017 @09:15PM (#13665416)

What would you do if you have an account but haven't used it for many years, lost your access to the email that you registered it with and don't remember the password. Are you genuinely a liar then?

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Re:What could happen if you refuse to unlock your phone at t... by angry_octet on Friday February 17, 2017 @01:38AM (#13666392)

If you are telling the truth that you haven't used it in many years then you will be fine -- ultimately. Of course, if you've tweeted/posted from it recently that won't work, and you could end up in detention for lying about it. But on the whole it would be better to take the time to delete that account.

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Re:What could happen if you refuse to unlock your phone at t... by Jade_Jet on Thursday February 16, 2017 @06:45PM (#13664693)

Same situation for me. I wonder if I'd get treated like a liar and a criminal for not using a commercial product.

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