New Zealand travellers refusing digital search now face $5k Customs fine

Re:New Zealand travellers refusing digital search now face $... by eesmith on Monday October 01, 2018 @11:20AM (#18113413)

I think you should read that as: "Which countries have laws which allow border inspectors to demand usernames/passwords to online services?" Those which do demand it are a subset of those which can demand it.

Your sovereignty argument is such an extreme interpretation of the question that it's almost certainly not what plg had in mind - if plg did have it in mind, then I find it hard to believe that question would have been asked in the first place.

Consider the question "what countries on border entry can draw and quarter entering citizens?" Your viewpoint seems to be that the correct answer is "all of them", yes?

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Re:New Zealand travellers refusing digital search now face $... by TheSpiceIsLife on Monday October 01, 2018 @12:28PM (#18114197)

Laws are irrelevant.

What are you, the individual, going to do when a border agent takes your device and demands your password? “We’re just going to take this for a few minutes, what’s your password? Oh you won’t tell us? Sit in this room for 400hrs. Ok, thank you, you’re free to go, enjoy your stay.”

Nothing. There’s nothing you can do.

Lodging complaints after the fact doesn’t unviolate you.

You can be a renown children’s author and the best you can hope for is an apology.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-02-25/mem-fox-detained-at-lo...

And that from an ally. Not just any ally, Australia is the US’s best friend.

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Re:New Zealand travellers refusing digital search now face $... by DavidHm on Monday October 01, 2018 @12:22PM (#18114128)

Depends on whether you consider the ICCPR and in particular articles 6-8 as superseding country sovereignty or not.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Covenant_on_Civi...

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