Most Electronics Being Banned on Certain US-Bound Flights

Re:Most Electronics Being Banned on Certain US-Bound Flights by foldr on Tuesday March 21, 2017 @10:35AM (#13922497)

>Because it's missing everything and seems like a new phone?

Yes. Remember, they don't need proof of anything. You're not on trial. It's largely up to the judgment of the individual officer whether or not someone can enter the US as a visitor.

If they ask you why there's nothing on your phone, you'd better be able to convince them that it's for some other reason than "I don't want you to see it". Can you do that? Well, it depends on how persuasive you are and whether the officer is in a good mood that day.

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Re:Most Electronics Being Banned on Certain US-Bound Flights by saganus on Tuesday March 21, 2017 @10:53AM (#13922677)

Well, shit.

I mean, I've been buying burner phones when crossing to the US since several years ago, just because I do am afraid of getting mugged and losing everything while traveling, and since every trip to the US has been for vacation, I really didn't need anything on my phone other than emergency contacts (insurance, etc) and my reservation numbers for whatever I was going to visit.

So hopefully if I ever travel to the US again, and they want to check my phone, I hope they really believe me when I Tell them the truth... but like you said, it will depend on the judgment of the agent so I guess I'm screwed anyways if they want me to be so.

This is just... wow.

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Re:Most Electronics Being Banned on Certain US-Bound Flights by foldr on Tuesday March 21, 2017 @11:50AM (#13923292)

It's not really that wow. There's always a lot of judgment involved in admission of visitors. It's never been an entirely fair and transparent process.

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