My phone was searched at LAX, which apparently is the new normal

Re:My phone was searched at LAX, which apparently is the new... by DanBC on Friday April 07, 2017 @09:44AM (#14059546)

"Please provide us with the username and password combinations for all of your social media accounts".

Your answers to this are:

1: "here you are", and hope you haven't said anything that'll get you turned away

2: "I can't remember them, because I use strong passwords", and hope that doesn't get you turned away

3: "I don't have social media accounts", but remember that lying to federal agents is a crime.

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Re:My phone was searched at LAX, which apparently is the new... by huffmsa on Friday April 07, 2017 @09:52AM (#14059602)

4: Enable 2FA but since you're a foreigner in the US you don't have cell service, so no 2FA text is ever received.

You're compliant as you can be.

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Re:My phone was searched at LAX, which apparently is the new... by MichaelGG on Friday April 07, 2017 @10:07AM (#14059710)

Certainly there's a way around it, as you wouldn't take a vacation and leave yourself locked out of social media (though it's a good idea).

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Re:My phone was searched at LAX, which apparently is the new... by huffmsa on Friday April 07, 2017 @10:17AM (#14059794)

I don't take my American simcard overseas, it's useless and I don't want to lose it.

Also, frame your vacation as a "getaway from technology."

Partner that with a candybar phone -- which you're going to buy a SIM card for in your destination country -- and you have a perfectly reasonable story.

At least I hope it's reasonable because it's what I've been doing for almost a decade

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Re:My phone was searched at LAX, which apparently is the new... by DanBC on Friday April 07, 2017 @09:55AM (#14059632)

So what? They can still hold you for hours and then deny you entry.

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Re:My phone was searched at LAX, which apparently is the new... by LordWinstanley on Saturday April 08, 2017 @04:23AM (#14065935)

5: Don't visit the USA. It's not compulsory to suck America's arse, you know.

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