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Re:US Customs block Canadian man after reading his Scruff pr... by pdpi on Wednesday February 22, 2017 @05:39AM (#13704537)
> Then you will quite possibly be denied access simply because they cannot harvest your social media profiles for profiling.

Not just because they can't. Because you specifically took steps to prevent them from doing it.

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Re:US Customs block Canadian man after reading his Scruff pr... by OJFord on Wednesday February 22, 2017 @06:06AM (#13704643)
> Because you specifically took steps to prevent them from doing it.

... or I'm travelling with my local SIM to avoid roaming charges?

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Re:US Customs block Canadian man after reading his Scruff pr... by pdpi on Wednesday February 22, 2017 @07:49AM (#13705054)
That only works if you've already been to the US and have a local SIM card.

Also — you left your home country SIM at home because you don't care about the roaming charges back home getting to/returning from the airport?

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Re:US Customs block Canadian man after reading his Scruff pr... by OJFord on Wednesday February 22, 2017 @10:42AM (#13706310)
> you left your home country SIM at home because you don't care about the roaming charges back home getting to/returning from the airport?

Because I don't want to lose it. This is exactly how I've travelled before hearing that this 'handover your passwords' existed.

No roaming charges because it's not being used - I can live without a very functional phone between the WiFi at the airport in my home country, and home.

(Actually, right now I don't even carry the dumbphone that has my SIM it. I'm content with WiFi.)

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