Re:US woman accused of laundering Bitcoin for Islamic State
by mancerayder on Friday December 15, 2017 @11:38AM
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How were they able to search electronic devices? It's that easy / routine now at airports?
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Re:US woman accused of laundering Bitcoin for Islamic State
by LV-426 on Friday December 15, 2017 @01:48PM
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I’ll never bring my phone on an international flight again:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13645825
I Had My Electronics Seized by U.S. Customs and Border Protection: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13453189
A US-born NASA scientist was detained at the border until he unlocked his phone: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13629593
US Customs block Canadian man after reading his Scruff profile: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13702981
The last one didn't even happen on US soil but at Vancouver airport; there are now more than 600 US customs agents stationed in multiple airports around the world:
Dublin and Shannon in Ireland; Aruba; Freeport and Nassau in The Bahamas; Bermuda;
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates; and Calgary, Toronto, Edmonton, Halifax, Montreal,
Ottawa, Vancouver, and Winnipeg in Canada.