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Re:New DHS policy on demands for passwords to travelers’ ele... by shubb on Friday January 12, 2018 @06:11AM (#16132030)
>> If authorities want to check my private and work data, they can ask nicely through a judge.

I am confused,surely non-citizens have no rights or recourse to the law at an airport?

In any case, I am concerned that your approach would be defeated if they took an image of your hard drive and threw some basic tools at it. They probably have this as a kit.

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Re:New DHS policy on demands for passwords to travelers’ ele... by zerkten on Friday January 12, 2018 @11:18AM (#16133971)
Non-citizens effectively have zero rights. Your rights increase as you go through different visa types and get to citizens. The appearance of actions like these can make you appear deceptive, or uncooperative at the very least. CBP can easily put you on a plane back after making things uncomfortable for a while.
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